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The island-world of the Pacific : journey notes

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Title
The island-world of the Pacific : journey notes
Subject
Australia--Description and travel
Tasmania--History
Oceania--Discovery and exploration
Islands of the Pacific
Dutch East Indies
German letters
Category
2. National boundaries
Author
Vojnich, Oszkár
Publisher
Pallas Literary Publishing
Place of Publication
Budapest
Creator
Yolland, Arthur Battishill, translator.
Current holder
Libraries Tasmania
Date
January 1, 1909
Link
https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Record/Library/SD_ILS-1079404
Item number
SD_ILS:1079404
Access rights
Request at location
Country of origin
Hungary
Indonesia
Place
Surabaya
Language
English
German
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".
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Books
Letters
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