Travels in Oceania

by Louis Thiercelin and Dr Louis Thiercelin

First published in Paris as Journal d un balenier, this translation focuses on Dr Thiercelin s travels and does not include chapters on whaling operations. It takes the reader to New Caledonia, the Chatham Islands, the South Island of New Zealand, Tahiti and Hawaii. Thiercelin made two voyages in the Pacific, twenty years apart, on the Ville de Bordeaux 183741 and the Gustave 186164. He provides a rare point of view that of a well informed, educated...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0908569718
• ISBN13: 9780908569717
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Otago University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"