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Adventures on the Western Coast of South America, and the Interior of California: Including a Narrative of Incidents at the Kingsmill Islands, New Ireland, New Britain, New Guinea, and Other Islands in the Pacific Ocean.

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Adventures on the Western Coast of South America, and the Interior of California: Including a Narrative of Incidents at the Kingsmill Islands, New Ireland, New Britain, New Guinea, and Other Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
Coulter, John.
Longman, Brown, Green, ( 1847), London
2 volumes, 20 cm. xxiv, 288, 32 (adverts); xii, 278, 2 (adverts). pp.
Price: $500

As Hill notes, this is the sequel to “Adventures in the Pacific” and continues the author’s adventures on the English whaler “Stratford” after leaving Tahiti. “The first chapter describes a successful whale chase. The early materials on California and Melanesia are of importance.”—Hill 386 Cowan, p. 145. Howes C-802. This set is in very good condition, pages untrimmed, with terminal ads. Rebound in quarter calf over marbled boards.