The Cruise of the Marchesa to Kamschatka & New Guinea – F.H.H. Guillemard (1889) (2nd edition)

S$300.00

The Cruise of the Marchesa to Kamschatka & New Guinea – F.H.H. Guillemard (1889) (2nd edition)

S$300.00

A voyage on a schooner yacht, with the book describing the route from Formosa (Taiwan) to the Aru Islands (Maluku, Indonesia). With numerous engravings and foldout colour maps.

Title: The Cruise of the Marchesa to Kamschatka & New Guinea, with notices of Formosa, Liu-Kiu, and Various Islands of the Malay Archipelago

Author: F. H. H. Guillemard

Publisher: John Murray, London, 1889. Second edition.

Condition: Hardcover, cloth. Near fine. Some bumps to cover and some tanning to edges. Top edge gilt, covers very bright. Inscription on ffep. Interior fine in remarkable condition – pages very clean and tight, looks unread. With 139 engravings and 14 maps, almost all in colour. 455pp. A heavy book, overseas shipping will cost extra.

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Contents:

Chapter I. Formosa.
Chapter II. The Liu-Kiu Islands.
Chapter III. The Liu-Kiu Islands (continued).
Chapter IV. Kamschatka.
Chapter V. Kamschatka-(continued).
Chapter VI. Kamschatka-(continued).
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Chapter VII. Kamschatka-(continued).
Chapter VIII. Kamschatka-(continued).
Chapter IX. Bering Island.
Chapter X. Kamschatka.
Chapter XI. Cagayan Sulu.
Chapter XII. The Sulu Islands.
Meimbun Sulu Islands
Chapter XIII. The Sulu Islands (continued).
Chapter XIV. The Sulu Islands (continued).
Chapter XV. British North Borneo.
Chapter XVI. Labuan and Brunei.
Chapter XVII. Sumbawa.
Chapter XVIII. Celebes.
Chapter XIX. Celebes (continued).
Chapter XX. The Moluccas.
Chapter XXI. New Guinea.
Chapter XXII. New Guinea (continued).
Chapter XXIII. New Guinea (continued).
“Chapter XXIV. Amboina, Banda and the Aru Islands.”
Chapter XXV. The Homeward Voyage.