| Description |
172 pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations |
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Rex Nan Kivell Collection ; NK1906. ANL
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Rex Nan Kivell Collection ; NK2999. ANL
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Rex Nan Kivell Collection ; NK3920. ANL
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| Notes |
Errata slip inserted after p. 172 |
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First Featherstone ed., with title as above, published 1837 |
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First published as: Narrative of a voyage to the South Seas, with the shipwreck of the Princess of Wales, cutter, on one of the Crozets, uninhabited islands. London : Hamilton and Adams, 1832 |
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Includes index |
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National Library of Australia's FC F3606 copy is bound in dark green cloth with embossed boards and a gilt decorated spine. This volume contains a letter on behalf of the Queen, preface, index, opinions of the Press (6 pages), lists of subscribers (20 pages) before the main text. An errata slip is included after page172. ANL |
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National Library of Australia's FRM F3606 (N) copy is stamped Commonwealth National Library; also inscribed in in, J.H. Newman; lacks errata. ANL |
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National Library of Australia's FRM F3606 (Petherick) copy inscribed in ink inside the front cover, "Henry Harris Cresswell, a birthday present from his brother Nathanial. Feb 15th 1844". ANL |
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National Library of Australia's NK1906 copy boxed with two alternate editions; box bears the bookplate of Rex de C. Nan Kivell (no. 1838/24). ANL |
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National Library of Australia's NK2999 copy bears the bookplate of Rex de C. Nan Kivell (no. 1843/29). ANL |
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National Library of Australia's NK3920 copy bears the bookplate of Rex de C. Nan Kivell (no. 1838/137). ANL |
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Some of Library's copies contain an errata slip. One copy contains a supplementary list of "Subscribers and patrons up to January, 1845". ANL |
| Subject |
Princess of Wales (Ship)
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Castaways -- Indian Ocean.
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Shipwrecks -- Crozet Islands.
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Voyages and travels.
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Crozet Islands.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Author |
Cresswell, Henry Harris, former owner ANL
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