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Hood, Thomas H.

Notes of a Cruise in H. M. S. 'Fawn' in the Western Pacific in the Year 1862

1863

240,64 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Anno di pubblicazione
1863
Luogo di stampa
Edinburgh. Edmonston and Douglas
Autore
Hood, Thomas H.
Edizione
First edition.
Soggetto
Travel - Pacific & Australia
Lingue
Inglese
Prima edizione

Descrizione

8vo [21.5 x 15 cm]; xi, 298 pp, 14 plates including frontis, including 9 tinted lithographed plates, 5 engraved plates, other engraved illus, folding map showing route of ship, plan of ruins at Ascension, appendix. original pebbled cloth, gilt spine title lettering, edge lightly rubbed, light wear of lower corner, internal hinge cracked but firm, interior clean, frontis with tissue guard, very good+, complete with all plates, etc, as per list. A picture of this book Taylor 113. Ferguson 10528. The Fawn sailed from Sydney Australia and visited Niue, Samoa, Tutuila, Pago-Pago, Upolu, Apia, Savail, Uea, Moa, Fiji, Kunaie, Norfolk Island, Pitcairn, etc and provides interesting information on the peoples, geography, conditions, customs, etc. The appendix is on fossils in New Zealand, treatment of females in Niue, cannibalism in Fiji, Tokilau, etc.