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Fascinating description of the Hawaiian Islands

CAMPBELL, Archibald.
A Voyage round the World from 1806 to 1812; in which Japan, Kamschatka, the Aleutian Islands, and the Sandwich  Islands, were visited. Including a Narrative of the author's shipwreck on the Island of Sannack, and his  subsequent wreck in the ship's long boat. With an account of the present state of the Sandwich Islands and a vocabulary of their language.

With folding engraved map.

With folding engraved map.

With folding engraved map.



Edinburgh, for A. Constable, etc., 1816. 8vo. Original half calf, spine ribbed and gilt, with title-label. With folding engraved map. 288 pp.

First edition of this account of Archibald Campbell's journey to China and Japan, and along the cost of Alaska. His fascinating description of the Hawaiian Islands is of great value. Campbell (1787-1821) became king Kamehameha I's sailmaker, and built the first loom made in those islands. Campbell was an infortunate seaman, who, in one of his shipwrecks, had both his feet frozen, which rendered amputation necessary. This was done by a Russian surgeon whose report is added at the end. On Campbell's return to England, a charitable Mr. Smith drew up this book from his accounts and had it published for his benefit.
The work contains also valuable information on the Sandwich Islands and Rio de Janeiro, where Campbell spent almost two years.

Good copy with the bookplate of W.W. Holland.- (Rebacked, preserving orig. spine, title-label dam.; quire Q misbound at the end; sl. foxed).
Sabin 10210; Hill p. 45; Borba de Moraes p. 148; Streeter 2418; Judd 30;  Paul Markham Kahn Collection(State-Archives of Hawaii) 3, 61.

Related Subjects: Cartography  China  Hawaii  Japan  Pacific 

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