Incidents of a Whaling Voyage
by OLMSTED, FRANCIS ALLYN
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Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, (1970), 1970. Reprint edition. 12mo; pp. xiii, 360. A fine copy in original gilt-stamped blue cloth in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. A facsimile reprint of Olmsted's account of life on a whaling vessel and on the Hawaiin islands. Originally published in 1841. Full title: "Incidents of a Whaling Voyage to Which are Added Observations of the Scenery, Manners and Customs, and Missionary Stations of the Sandwich and Society Islands.".
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- Title
- Incidents of a Whaling Voyage
- Author
- OLMSTED, FRANCIS ALLYN
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, (1970)
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- WHALING HAWAI SANDWICH SOCIETY ISLANDS HISTORY
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