In April 1890 the steamer Janet Nicoll set off from Sydney for a three-month trading voyage through the central and western Pacific. Aboard were seven white men, a crew of forty islanders, and one woman: a short-haired, barefoot, cigarette-smoking American, Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson, wife of the famous novelist Robert Louis Stevenson. The Cruise of the 'Janet Nichol' is her account of her journey with her husband and grown son through the Cook Islands, Tuvalu, Kiribati and the Marshall Islands.
Fanny Stevenson's spirited personality led her into scenes and situations few Europeans, and fewer European women, had experienced. Her diary and its accompanying photographs offer unique glimpses of life in some of the last independent Pacific kingdoms and those just coming under colonial rule at the end of the nineteenth century. This book, with an introduction by Roslyn Jolly, is the story of an unconventional woman, her unusual marriage, and her adventurous journey through a rapidly changing Pacific world.
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Jolly (English, U. of New South Wales) introduces and provides explanatory notes to this record of the travels in 1890 of an unconventional woman as she tours some of the last independent Pacific kingdoms with her famous novelist husband. Photos show aspects of indigenous cultures. Co-published with
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First Edition. In April 1890 the steamer Janet Nicoll set off from Sydney for a three-month trading voyage through the central and western Pacific. Aboard were seven white men, a crew of forty islanders, and one woman: a short-haired, barefoot, cigarette-smoking American, Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson, wife of the famous novelist Robert Louis Stevenson. The Cruise of the _Janet Nichol_ is Fanny_s account of her journey with her husband and grown son; 205 pages; Physical desc. : 205 p. : ill. , maps, ports. ; 23 cm. Originally published: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1914. Includes bibliographical references. This edition published in the United States by University of Washington Press, Seattle. Subject: Stevenson, Fanny Van de Grift, 1840-1914 - Travel - Oceania. Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894 - Travel - Oceania. Janet Nichol (Ship) . Oceania - Description and travel. TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 155486
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First Edition. In April 1890 the steamer Janet Nicoll set off from Sydney for a three-month trading voyage through the central and western Pacific. Aboard were seven white men, a crew of forty islanders, and one woman: a short-haired, barefoot, cigarette-smoking American, Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson, wife of the famous novelist Robert Louis Stevenson. The Cruise of the _Janet Nichol_ is Fanny_s account of her journey with her husband and grown son; 205 pages; Physical desc. : 205 p. : ill. , maps, ports. ; 23 cm. Originally published: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1914. Includes bibliographical references. This edition published in the United States by University of Washington Press, Seattle. Subject: Stevenson, Fanny Van de Grift, 1840-1914 - Travel - Oceania. Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894 - Travel - Oceania. Janet Nichol (Ship) . Oceania - Description and travel. TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 155486
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