Four Years in the Pacific... From 1844 to 1848.

  • London: Richard Bentley, 1849
By Walpole, Frederick.
London: Richard Bentley, 1849. xx. 2 vol. xii, 432; ix, 415 pp. b/w frontispieces. ills. in text. Ads printed on pastedowns and blanks.

First edition. The author served aboard HMS Collingwood... first British ship of war to enter the Pacific Ocean via Cape Horn since Anson... The book relates to Rio... Juan Fernandez Island, Tahiti and the Society Islands... California, the Hawaiian Islands, and the Samoa Islands. The Collingwood arrived at Monterey a few days after the American flag was raised... - Hill 1815. Judd 183. Trois pages (163-166) sont consacrees a l'histoire de la Bounty et de l'ile Pitcairn. - OReilly & Reitman 1093. Bound in original gilt and blind stamped cloth. Inner hinges reinforced, spine ends repaired. Very good copies.

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Title

Four Years in the Pacific... From 1844 to 1848.

Author

Walpole, Frederick.

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Publisher

Richard Bentley: London

Date

1849


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