Polynesia (from Greek: πολύς "polys" many + νῆσος "nēsos" island) is a subregion of Oceania, made up of over 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean. The indigenous people who inhabit the islands of Polynesia are termed Polynesians and they share many similar traits including language, culture and beliefs. Historically, they were experienced sailors and used stars to determine their night hours.
The term "Polynesia" was first used in 1756 by French writer Charles de Brosses, and originally applied to all the islands of the Pacific. In 1831, Jules Dumont d'Urville proposed a restriction on its use during a lecture to the Geographical Society of Paris.
Polynesia is characterized by a small amount of land spread over 70.1 million square miles of Pacific Ocean. Most Polynesian islands and archipelagos, including the Hawaiian islands and Samoa, are composed of volcanic islands built by hotspots. New Zealand, Norfolk Island, and Ouvéa, the Polynesian outlier near New Caledonia, are the unsubmerged portions of the largely sunken continent of Zealandia. Zealandia is believed to have mostly sunken by 23 mya and resurfaced geologically recently due to a change in the movements of the Pacific Plate in relation to the Indo-Australian plate, which served to uplift the New Zealand portion. At first, the Pacific plate was subducted under the Australian plate. The Alpine Fault that traverses the South Island is currently a transform fault while the convergent plate boundary from the North Island Northwards is a subduction zone called the Kermadec-Tonga Subduction Zone. The volcanism associated with this subduction zone is the origin of the Kermadec and Tongan island archipelagos.
Plot
Doctor Dolittle is a world-renowned veterinarian who speaks a wide array of animal languages. He sets off from his home in Puddleby-on-the-Marsh, England, in search of the Great Pink Sea Snail. In so doing, he and his friends meet such exotic creatures as the Pushme-Pullyu and the Giant Moon Moth. This musical is the source of the hit song, "If I Could Talk To The Animals."
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Ride across the sea inside the GIANT PINK SEA SNAIL!
Join the FABULOUS CIRCUS with the ONLY PUSHMI-PULLYU in captivity
Learn to talk in 500 animal languages from a parrot who speaks 1000!
Fly across the world aboard the LUNAR MOTH!
Escape a Shipwreck and Travel on a Floating Island with CANNIBALS who Perform Shakespeare!
the most joyous entertainment for the whole family!
You've never seen anything like it in your life!
Non, jamais vous n'avez vu ca!
Doctor Dolittle the most joyous entertainment for the whole family!
Polynesia: I speak over two thousand languages, including Dodo and Unicorn.::Dr. Dolittle: Unicorn?::Polynesia: I had a classical education.
Dr. Dolittle: [consulting a medical book] This fellow obviously knows what he's talking about.::Matthew: Who wrote the book, Doctor?::Dr. Dolittle: [suddenly realizing] Er... oh, *I* did.
Emma Fairfax: I promise to ask for no special privileges.::Dr. Dolittle: I promise to grant none
Emma Fairfax: If I were his nephew instead of his niece...::Dr. Dolittle: If you were his nephew, you'd hardly be called Emma Fairfax.
Matthew: [after the shipwreck when they are locked up on the floating island] You know, bein' is prison is much the same as being on a boat. Except in prison there's less chance of drowning.
Matthew: [after breaking the Doctor out of prison and escaping by ship] If you ask me, bein' at sea is very much the same as bein' in prison, except at sea ya stand a better chance of drownin'.
Dr. Dolittle: Hello... Me Doctor Dolittle. Here little boy, late for school, here very cold. They all go home "Puddleby," yes?::Willie Shakespeare: [in perfect English] What a funny accent.
Dr. Dolittle: If one place is as good as any other, it's high time we decided. Otherwise when we get there, we won't know we've arrived.
Dr. Dolittle: Oh it's from Long Arrow.::Matthew: Who's he when he's at home?::Dr. Dolittle: An old friend of mine. He's a Red Indian gentleman.::Matthew: With a name like "Long Arrow" I didn't think he'd be Irish.
Dr. Dolittle: Tell me, Stubbins... what would you do if you had two heads?::Tommy Stubbins: I'd join a circus, sir!::Dr. Dolittle: Exactly.
We're on the sea
We're in a ship and we are sailing by
All of the fish and all the octopi
We look them right into their octopi eyes
I'm on the sea
I caught a mermaid looking right at me
I said, "Hey, baby. Why don't you come up top?
You could flip flop while we cruise the Florida Quays."
Remember when we said,
"You gonna see us on a red ship sailing."?
We'll think of you on your solid ground
We hope you think of us out here sailing around
Sailing around, sailing around
Sailing
Polynesia, Polynesia, Polynesia
Oceana, oh New Caledonia
We dropped the hook on the Capricorn
Remember when we said,
"You gonna see us with a sailor tan."?
We'll think of you and your stark white hands
Building your model ships
Wishing you were sailing around
Sailing around Sailing around
Sailing
Polynesia, Polynesia, Polynesia
Oceana, oh New Caledonia