Title Travels in Oceania : memoirs of a whaling ship's doctor / Louis Thiercelin ; translated [and edited] by Christiane Mortelier

Published Dunedin, N.Z. : University of Otago Press, 1995

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Description 350 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 23 cm Contents New Caledonia -- Chatam -- New Zealand -- Taïti --Hawaï Summary "Journal d'un baleinier : voyages en Océanie ... was published in two volumes ... by Hachette of Paris in 1866 ... In this translation ... I have concentrated on the sections ... which provide eyewitness information of the peoples of the Pacific ... Chapters Five through Nine [of the original]"--Introd Notes ' ... first published in Paris in 1866 as Journal d'un baleinier' -- cover Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [341]-350) Subject Thiercelin, Louis, 1809-1884 -- Travel -- Oceania. Ethnology -- Oceania. Physicians -- France -- Travel -- Oceania. Voyages and travels. Whaling -- Pacific Ocean. Whaling. SUBJECT Islands of the Pacific http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85068616 -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001278 Oceania -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85093911 Author Mortelier, Christiane, 1933- LC no. 96114227 ISBN 0908569718 (paperback) (paperback)

Other Titles Journal d'un baleinier. English. Selections

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