Récréations Instructives. Campagne d'un Baleinier Autour du Monde. [Instrucive Recreations. A Trip Around the World on Board a Whale Ship]

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