Author: Macrae, James
Title: With Lord Byron at the Sandwich Islands in 1825
Description: Honolulu: Petroglyph Press, 1972. reprint, Light soiling to wrappers (covers) otherwise a clean, unmarked, complete very good paperback book in decorative wrappers (soft cover book)/ no dust jacket. 8vo., George Anson, the seventh Lord Byron (and first cousin to the famous poet), commanded the British frigate, Blonde, which brought the remains of Liholiho Iolani (Kamehameha II) and his queen, Kamamalu, back to Hawaii after they died in London in 1824 while visiting George IV. Macrae was a Scottish botanist onboard who kept a diary of his travel & observations in Hawaii. 87 pages, illustrated.

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