Books set in Marquesas Islands, France

Nuku Hiva and its valleys, through a deserting sailor in 1842 and Stevenson’s first landfall in the South Seas.

1 place, 2 books,

1896
In the South Seas
Dans les mers du Sud
1896 · Robert Louis Stevenson · travel
Stevenson’s yacht reaches the Marquesas, then the atolls: chiefs, missions, tales.
1846
Typee
Taïpi
1846 · Herman Melville · novelNuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands
Two sailors desert at Nuku Hiva and live among the Taipi, as guests or captives.

Updated October 2026

In the South Seas