Author: MURRAY, H.
Title: Adventures Of British Seamen In The Southern Ocean, Displaying the Striking Contrasts which the Human Character Exhibits in an Uncivilised State. Constable's Miscellany of Original and Selected Publications in the Various Departments of Literature, Science, & the Arts. Vol. IV. Adventures of British Seamen.
Description: First Edition; 12mo; pp. xi, 353; engraved frontispiece "Portrait of Tippahee a New Zealand Chief" and engraved title page, bound in contemporary full leather raised bands, short title lettered in gilt on spine, hinges a little weak, bookplates of Dr. George Mackaness and Nancy Kent Perry, title page foxed and browned, still a nice sound copy. Edinburgh: Constable and Co; 1827. Ferguson. 1135. Contains three separate stories of British maritime adventures being the Shipwreck of the Antelope, Mutiny of the Bounty and Particulars of the Destruction of a British Vessel on the Coast of New Zealand with Anecdotes of some New Zealand Chiefs.

Keywords: maritime history south pacific region British sailors Mutiny on the Bounty Shipwreck of the Antelope