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ERSKINE, John Elphinstone (1806-1887). Journal of a Cruise Among the Islands of the Western Pacific, Including the Feejees and Others Inhabited by the Polynesian Negro Races, in Her Majesty's Ship Havannah. London: John Murray, 1853.
8vo (225 x 145 mm). Errata slip tipped to list of illustrations and publisher's advertisements at end. Engraved folding map, four color lithographic plates, three plain plates and illustrations in text. Original plum gilt- and blind-decorated cloth (shaken, spine faded).
FIRST EDITION. "Captain Erskine, in 1849, sailed from Russell, New Zealand, and reached Niue or Savage Island. He visited Manua, Tatuila, and Upolu of the Samoan Islands. Next Vavau, Lifuka, and Tonga-tabu were visited, then Fiji, the New Hebrides, New Caledonia, and Port Jackson" (Hill). The vivid descriptions of the islanders are greatly enhanced by the exceptional color plates. The map plots the course of the HMS Havannah. Hill, p.98.
8vo (225 x 145 mm). Errata slip tipped to list of illustrations and publisher's advertisements at end. Engraved folding map, four color lithographic plates, three plain plates and illustrations in text. Original plum gilt- and blind-decorated cloth (shaken, spine faded).
FIRST EDITION. "Captain Erskine, in 1849, sailed from Russell, New Zealand, and reached Niue or Savage Island. He visited Manua, Tatuila, and Upolu of the Samoan Islands. Next Vavau, Lifuka, and Tonga-tabu were visited, then Fiji, the New Hebrides, New Caledonia, and Port Jackson" (Hill). The vivid descriptions of the islanders are greatly enhanced by the exceptional color plates. The map plots the course of the HMS Havannah. Hill, p.98.