A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months.

£200 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

Lady Brassey's account of her celebrated circumnavigation - her first journey. She started across the Atlantic, visiting Brazil and Argentina before going through the straights of Magellan to Chile, then on to Tahiti and Hawaii across the Pacific, thence Japan and Canton, Singapore and Malaysia, and the stop of Ceylon before travelling to Aden and up the Suez back to the Mediterranean and home. Most of the account is made up of descriptions of Tahiti, Hawaii, and Japan, with her description of Hawaii pleased King Kalākaua so much he invested her with the Royal Order of Kapiolani. New impression; 8vo (18 x 13 cm); 66 engraved illustrations including frontispiece, prize bookplate to pastedown; full blue calf prize binding, gilt crest to upper boards, boards gilt ruled, spine in six gilt compartments with gilt red morocco lettering piece, all edges gilt, fine copy; 492pp.

• Binding: Hardcover

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