Author: CLARK, THOMAS BLAKE. Title: Omai. First Polynesian Ambassador to England. The true story of his voyage there in 1774 with Captain Cook; How he was feted by Fanny Burney, approved by Samuel Johnson, entertained by Mrs Thrale and Lord Sandwich and painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds.
Description: Facsimile Edition; 4to; pp. (iix), 120 (last 5 pages blank); one b/w portrait illustration; original papered boards with cloth spine, title in gilt on front board and in black on spine, flecking to head of pages, otherwise a fine copy. University of Hawaii Press, 1969.
Keywords: England Polynesia ambassador history maritime
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- Book number: 90930