Wrecked on a Reef, or, Twenty months in the Auckland Isles

[François-Edouard Raynal]

Published by Thomas Nelson and sons, London, 1885

About this Item

350 pages, with forty illustrations inlcuding frontiepiece. Spine is split on one side, top and bottom of spine chipped, covers a little soiled, small piece of cloth missing from rear cover. The first English edition was printed in 1874. Raynal was a French sailor best known for his involvement in the Grafton shipwreck at the Auckland Islands. He wrote a popular account of the voyage, Les Naufragés, ou Vingt mois sur un récif des îles Auckland which was translated into English as Wrecked on a Reef. Seller Inventory # 011744

Bibliographic Details

Title: Wrecked on a Reef, or, Twenty months in the ...

Publisher: Thomas Nelson and sons, London

Publication Date: 1885

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Edition: First edition, second printing