The Western Pacific and New Guinea ; Notes on the Natives, Christian and Cannibal, with Some Accounts of the Old Labour (slave) Trade

Romilly, Hugh Hastings

Verlag: John Murray, London, United Kingdom, 1886

Beschreibung

"Of adventurous disposition, he joined in Fiji in October 1879 Sir Arthur Gordon, the governor (afterwards Lord Stanmore). On 12 November he accompanied his chief to Tonga, and in December to Rotumah, in connection with the annexation of that island. He arrived again in Fiji on 17 April 1880, and returned to Rotumah on 18 September 1880 as deputy-commissioner on its annexation to the British crown. Early in 1881, owing to continued ill-health, he rejoined Sir Arthur Gordon, who had gone to New Zealand as governor, but in March he was appointed deputy-commissioner for the Western Pacific, and started for his first long tour through these seas in H.M.S. Beagle. He visited New Hanover, the Admiralty group, Hermit Islands, Astrolabe Bay in New Guinea, the Louisiade archipelago, Woodlark Islands, and the Trobriands." CONDITION Red buckram with bright gilt titles (rubbed with some marks) Pp vi [2] 242 with fold out map in colour, 32 page catalogue. Internally bright and crisp, guter spit to paper at eps, mull intact. Greasy spot at the bottom of a few pages and the odd creased top cnr. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 14082

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Western Pacific and New Guinea ; Notes ...

Verlag: John Murray, London, United Kingdom

Erscheinungsdatum: 1886

Einband: Hard Cover

Zustand: Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket

Auflage: First Edition.