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[BLIGH, WILLIAM / BURNEY, JAMES]: Captainens vid engelske ammiralitetet William Bligh's resa i Söderhafvet åren 1788, 1789, 1790. Hans half-årige vistande på ön O-Taheiti och hemresa från ön Timor till England. Part I. (all published). Nyköping, Joh. Pet. Hammarin, 1795.
Pp. xvi, 220. Modern boards, tilte label on spine. A Swedish version of Bligh's famous "Voyage to the South Sea", anonymously translated by Carl Fr. Landell from the German edition (Berlin 1793). The main purpose of the expedition was to introduce the breadfruit plant from the South Sea islands to the West Indies. This narrative was mainly based on Bligh's journal but was written and edited by James Burney. Rare. Du Rietz, Bibliotheca Polynesiana 96. Ferguson 216. Cf Howgego B107.
Offered for EUR 900.00 = appr. US$ 1161.18 by: Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books - Book number: 44010
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