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698
Earle, A.
A Narrative of New Zealand.
Schätzung:
€ 450
Ergebnis:
€ 445

(inkl. Käuferaufgeld)
Earle, A., A Narrative of New Zealand.. A narrative of a nine month's residence in New Zealand in 1827; together with a journal of a residence in Tristan d'Acunha.Mit 7 (2 gefalt., inkl. Frontispiz) Aquatintatafeln. London, Longman, Rees u. a. 1832.Ldr. d. Zt. (Rücken erneuert). X S., 1 Bl., 371 S.
Hocken S. 51. - Erste Ausgabe. - "The author, always a wanderer, sailed from Sydney to Hokianga in the 'Governor Macquarie', Captain Kent, in company with some members of the Wesleyan Mission. Gives a general account of the natives, the Church missionaries, Captain Herd's settlement at Hokianga (1825), and ... of the massacre of Marion's crew and that of the 'Boyd'. H.M.S. 'Warspite' was the first man-of-war to sail through Cook Strait" (Hocken). - Tafeln leicht stockfl. und tlw. schwach wasserrandig. Einbd. berieben. - Exlibris.




698
Earle, A.
A Narrative of New Zealand.
Schätzung:
€ 450
Ergebnis:
€ 445

(inkl. Käuferaufgeld)