Author: MURRAY, H.
Title: Adventures of British Seamen in the Southern Ocean, Displaying the Striking Contrasts Which the Human Character Exhibits in an Uncivilized State.
Description: Edinburgh, Constable. 1827, First Edition. Green Clioth, 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Book, xii, 353 pages. frontispiece and extra engraved title page. A few old library stamps but no accession numbers or markings on binding. Published in the series "Constable's miscellany of original and selected publications in the various departments of literature, science,& the arts. Vol IV." Contains: "I. Narrative of the shipwreck of the Antelope in August 1783; with an Account of the Pelew islands to the Present Time"; "II. Mutiny of the Bounty with Consequences Arising from it; Bligh's Voyage through the Pacific in an Open Boat. Voyage and Shipwreck of the Pandora; Settlement and Present State of Pitcairn's Island." "Particulars of the Destruction of a British Vessel on the Coast of New Zealand with Anecdotes of some New Zealand Chiefs. With a Portrait of Tippahee, from an Original Drawing in the Possession of george Brown Esq.". The last item is the first published account of the Burning of the Boyd in Whangaroa Harbour in the North island of new Zealand in the year 1809. Good.

Keywords: Palau, Belau, Micronesia, New Zealand, Shipwrecks, Polynesia


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