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Author Moresby, John, 1830-1922.

Title Discoveries & surveys in New Guinea and the D'Entrecasteaux Islands : a cruise in Polynesia and visits to the pearl-shelling stations in Torres Straits of H.M.S. Basilisk / by John Moresby
Published London : J. Murray, 1876

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 ADPML SPC  919.53 Mor  LIB USE ONLY
Description xviii, 327 pages, 4 leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Summary Aboriginal settlement a few miles from Somerset, pearl fisheries of Torres Straits Is., life of natives, physical description, shelters, hunting and fishing gear
Notes At head of title: New Guinea & Polynesia
Spine title : Discoveries in New Guinea
Subject Basilisk (Ship)
SUBJECT D'Entrecasteaux Islands (Papua New Guinea) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85036982 -- Discovery and exploration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002238
D'Entrecasteaux Islands (Papua New Guinea) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85036982
Melanesia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85083370 -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001278
New Guinea http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091290 -- Discovery and exploration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002238
Papua New Guinea http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81034915 -- Discovery and exploration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002238
Polynesia -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116617
Other Titles Discoveries in New Guinea
New Guinea and Polynesia