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

£500 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

‘‘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.

• Year: 1854

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