Title
Récréations Instructives. Campagne d'un Baleinier Autour du Monde. [Instrucive Recreations. A Trip Around the World on Board a Whale Ship]
Reference Number
G545.S323 1830
Creator
Date
c. 1830
Format
Description
This French children's book with hand colored plates describes the places, people, flora, and fauna encountered on a whaling voyage that included visits to Vanuatu, the Marquesas and the Hawaiian Islands. Dramatic illustrations include the capsizing of a boat of sailors who are hunting a whale.
Extent (Pages, Duration, Dimensions)
18 pages
Is Part Of
Pacific Collection, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Library
Page Location
44