A Voyage round the World from 1806 to 1812; in which Japan, Kamchatka, the Aleutian Islands, and the Sandwich Islands were visited (etc.). With an account of the present state of the Sandwich Islands, and a vocabulary of their language.
1969, Fine Facsimile Reprint. Amsterdam: Nico Israel; New York: Da Capo. An exceptional gilt-blocked, cloth copy on blue simile vellum boards, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new, still in the publisher's packaging. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 288 pages; Description: 288 pp., with a fold. map. 23cm. Subject: Voyages around the world --travel literature, early 19th century -- Hawaiian language. Hawaii --Description and travel. Hawaii --travel literature. Series: Bibliotheca Australiana no.50. Note: First published: Edinburgh : A. Constable & Co., 1816. Summary: An account of Campbell's journey to China and Japan, among the Aleutian Islands and along the coast of Alaska. Of great value is his description of the Sandwich Islands, to which he added a vocabulary of the language. After a shipwreck Campbell got both feet frozen which made amputation necessary. A report of the surgeon who undertook the operation is added. Item #171299
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