Voyage of h.m.s. blonde to the sandwich islands, in the years 1824-1825.
London.
John Murray, 1826.
First edition.
Quarto.
x, [2], 260pp. With 14 engraved plates and an engraved folding map. Recent, antique style gilt-tooled navy half-morocco, marbled paper boards. A trifle rubbed.
The sole edition of Maria Graham's (1785-1842) survey of the Hawaiian Islands based upon the accounts of the crew of the HMS Blonde.
'Kamehameha ll of Hawaii and his queen, Kamamalu, were on a visit to London in 1824 when they both died of the measles, for which they had no immunity. This voyage, with the cousin of the poet Lord George Gordon Byron in command, was undertaken by the British government specifically to return their bodies to the Hawaiian Islands....The work contains a history of the late King's visit to London, a resume of the discovery of and visits to Hawaii by British explorers, as well as the main narrative, compiled by Maria Graham from the journals kept by the naturalist (Bloxam) and from other official papers. The Hawaii portion of the text contains an interesting account of events in Honolulu and travels to Hilo, Kealakekua, and Kailua, Kona'. (Forbes, Hawaiian National Bibliography, 630).
£ 2,000.00
Antiquates Ref: 30266
'Kamehameha ll of Hawaii and his queen, Kamamalu, were on a visit to London in 1824 when they both died of the measles, for which they had no immunity. This voyage, with the cousin of the poet Lord George Gordon Byron in command, was undertaken by the British government specifically to return their bodies to the Hawaiian Islands....The work contains a history of the late King's visit to London, a resume of the discovery of and visits to Hawaii by British explorers, as well as the main narrative, compiled by Maria Graham from the journals kept by the naturalist (Bloxam) and from other official papers. The Hawaii portion of the text contains an interesting account of events in Honolulu and travels to Hilo, Kealakekua, and Kailua, Kona'. (Forbes, Hawaiian National Bibliography, 630).
