Author: SHILLIBEER, LIEUT. J.
Title: A Narrative of the Briton's Voyage to Pitcairn's Island; Including an Interesting Sketch of the Present State of the Brazils and of Spanish South America
Description: London, Law and Whittaker. 1818, 3rd Edition. Hardcover, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book, vii, 6, 180 pages, frontispiece and 15 etchings on 11 plates, all present. The plate of Juan Fernandez is printed in rust brown. Later green cloth binding. Shillibeer's account is the second published account of the fate of the mutineers of the Bounty on Pitcairn Island. The first one appeared in Amasa Delano's Narrative of Voyages and Travels. The Briton visited Pitcairn Island in September 1814 and interviewed John Adams, the last surviving mutineer. Also contains very interesting accounts of the Marquesas, Galapagos and Juan Fernandez Islands. Good.

Keywords: Pitcairn Island, Marquesas, Galapagos, Brazil, Mutineers of the Bounty, Pacific, Juan Fernandez, Rio de Janeiro, Lima, Callao, Chile, Peru Travel and Exploration


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