Beatrice Grimshaw was born in Ireland. She was an adventurer at
heart since childhood and an independent soul who longed to travel
to far away places. Until 1903 she had been a freelance journalist,
a tour organiser and an emigration promoter but her dream was to go
to the South Pacific islands. Embarking from San Francisco in 1904,
she sailed first to Tahiti, followed by a four month voyage through
the South Pacific and an additional two months on the island of
Niue. During this trip, she visited Tonga, Samoa, Fiji, Rarotonga
and some of the Cook islands. She returned to London and published
"In the Strange South Seas" in 1907. In the book, Grimshaw not only
recounts her adventures but she also describes the customs and
lifestyles of the native populations as well as giving an
exhaustive picture of the region's fauna and wildlife. The book
also contain accounts of cannibalism, head-hunting, poisoning and
tribal magic.
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