The island-world of the Pacific : journey notes
| Date |
1909-01-01 |
| Place |
Surabaya |
| Subject | |
| Category | |
| Author |
Vojnich, Oszkár |
| Publisher |
Pallas Literary Publishing |
| Creator |
Yolland, Arthur Battishill, translator. |
| Current holder | |
| Item number |
SD_ILS:1079404 |
| Access rights |
Request at location |
| Country of origin | |
| Language | |
| Period of reference |
1909 |
| Description from source |
455 p., [1] folded leaf : ill., maps (1 fold-out) ; 23 cm. + Accompanied by 2 letters by the author & 3 personal cards (loose). Bound in gilt-decorated green cloth; spine with gilt lettering. Marbled endpapers. “A little-known travel memoir of a Hungarian visitor’s tour around the Pacific. The narrative includes Fremantle, Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Ballarat, Launceston, Hobart, an extensive account of New Zealand, Cook Islands, Tahiti, Hawaiian Islands, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Macao, Hong Kong, French Indochina and Ceylon.” Accompanied by: Vojnich, Oszkár. Holographic letter in English from the author, Oscar Vojnich (Rangoon, 10 June 1911), to Colonel G. Buijs in Java, informing him of an impending visit and thanking him for previous assistance; 3 pages, with part of envelope featuring address, postmarked from Budapest. Accompanied by: Vojnich, Oszkár. Holographic letter in German from the author (from Soerabaja [later Surabaya], Dutch East Indies, 18 July 1911) to Colonel G. Buijs in Malang, presenting him with this copy of the book; 5 pages, in original envelope postmarked “Nederlandsch Indie”. |
| Physical format |
Books Letters Correspondence |
| Place of Publication |
Budapest |
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