Explorers of the Pacific

Published by Museum of Hawaii, Honolulu, 1953

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Seller: Wagon Tongue Books, Linden, AB, CanadaWagon Tongue Books

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SUBTITLED ; ` European and American Discoveries in Polynesia '. You might better know the author of these 125 pages - INDEX at back - by the Hawaiian name : Te Rangi Hiroa. LEARN more about : Rurick, Waigiu, Zelee, Kronstadt, Kamchatka, Mouna Roa, Meetia, and Vassili Mikhailovitch Golovnin. The Portuguese set up a trading post at Tidore on 1521. That's approx. where, in time, this exploration begins. Text complemented by b/w drawings and one b/w map. Cond : Paper wrapper is white with lettering similar. Two faces dominate the cover art - one a British admiral and the other, mythic Polynesian. Colours bright, Minor edge wear. Clean. Small split at lower hinge. No marks in text. No names. Excellent reading copy. Quote (p57) : " He also seized all the collections and such manuscripts as he could, but Labillardiere and Legrand managed to save their personal journals. The prisoners were transferred to the prison in Batavia and afterwards ._._._. . " Size: 4to.

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Bibliographic details

Title
Explorers of the Pacific
Author
Buck Peter H.
Publisher
Museum of Hawaii, Honolulu
Publication year
1953
Condition
Very Good
Binding
Soft cover
Illustrator
B/W Drawings
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Wagon Tongue Books

Linden, AB, Canada

2-star seller

AbeBooks seller since November 4, 1999

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I am a small home-based business so I may be difficult to reach by phone. I'm in the Mountain time zone. I've been passionate about books for approximately 30 years. Thank you for thinking Wagon Tongue.

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