PERKINS (Edward T.).

Na Motu; or, Reef-Rovings in the South Seas.

A Narrative of Adventures at the Hawaiian, Georgian and Society Islands (…).

First edition. Duotone lithographed title-page, eleven full-page plates and two full-page maps. 8vo. Original blinstamped decorative cloth, gilt, spine a little sunned. Occasional light foxing. New York, Pudney & Russell, 1854.

£500.00

‘‘In 1848 Perkins sailed on the Planet, an American whaling ship, to Hawaii, where he lived for nearly two years. He later spent considerable time on Bora Bora, Raiatea, and Tahiti, in the Society Islands. Perkins gives interesting data on whaling as well as on the islands he visited’’ (Hill). Hill, 1325; Forbes, 2046.

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