1854 Na Motu Reef-Rovings in South Seas HAWAII GEORGIAN SOCIETY ISLANDS antique

Na Motu: or, Reef-Rovings in the South Seas. A Narrative of Adventures at the Hawaiian, Georgian and Society Islands; with Maps, Twelve Original Illustrations, and An Appendix Relating to the Resources, Social and Political Conditions of Polynesia, and Subject of Interest in the Pacific Ocean

by Perkins, Edward T.

New York: Pudney & Russell ; 1854


[2], 456 pp.


With 12 lithographed plates including added title and two maps.


(8vo) 23x15 cm (9x6"),

Publisher's green cloth blind-stamped with gilt decoration to front panel,
gilt lettering and decoration to spine.

First Edition.



In 1848, Perkins sailed aboard the American whaling ship Planet to Hawai'i where he lived for two years, after which he spent considerable time on Bora Bora, Raiatea, and Tahiti, in the Society Islands. Hill notes that "interesting data is given on whaling as well as on the islands he visited. In his extensive appendices, Perkins drops his chatty style and gives useful factual information on Polynesia in general, the Hawaiian Islands in particular, and the missionaries, French influence in Oceania, and American whaling interests in the Pacific Ocean".
Hill p.534.


Spine sunned,

some wear of binding, some toning; very good.


Text in English
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