Author: MARTIN, John.
Title: An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South Pacific Ocean. With an original grammar and vocabulary of their language, compiled and arranged from the extensive communications of Mr. William Mariner.
Description: London, printed for the author 1817. Two volumes octavo half calf (expertly rebacked preserving the original panels); engraved frontispiece. A little spotting or browning at the very ends but an excellent, fresh and quite handsome set. ¶ First edition of this readable, quite exciting, account of Mariner's four years in Tonga, first as a teenage captive then as an adopted son of the king; still regarded as the best account of pre-Christian Tonga.
Keywords: travel history Pacific c19th Tonga language
Title: An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South Pacific Ocean. With an original grammar and vocabulary of their language, compiled and arranged from the extensive communications of Mr. William Mariner.
Description: London, printed for the author 1817. Two volumes octavo half calf (expertly rebacked preserving the original panels); engraved frontispiece. A little spotting or browning at the very ends but an excellent, fresh and quite handsome set. ¶ First edition of this readable, quite exciting, account of Mariner's four years in Tonga, first as a teenage captive then as an adopted son of the king; still regarded as the best account of pre-Christian Tonga.
Keywords: travel history Pacific c19th Tonga language
Price: AUD 975.00 = appr. US$ 674.57 Seller: Richard Neylon, Bookseller
- Book number: 7605
- Book number: 7605