And edited version, privately published, of letters Foljambe wrote to his parents and sisters describing his time as a midshipman in H.M.S. Curacoa on the Australian station. Letters include detailed accounts of the Waikato-Tauranga war in New Zealand, mining in Australia and his cruise in the South Sea Islands. Foljambe gave a very detailed description of his cruise in the Islands. He describes the places, people, food, customs, government, implements, houses - everything in fact that a young man with a lively eye and interest might notice
One folded map in pocket
The original letters are held by the Alexander Turnbull Library in Wellington, New Zelaand
Written by C.G.S. Foljambe--cf. Ferguson
Also available online via the State Library of NSW at: http://digital.sl.nsw.gov.au/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?embedded=true&toolbar=false&dps_pid=IE4011925
