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The Cruise of H.M.S Galatea, Captain H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh, K.G., in 1867-1868

by Milner, J.; Brierly, O.W.

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Publisher : W.H. Allen
Published In : London
Illustrations : 8 chromolithographic + 4 tinted plates, 1 plain plate, text figs (5 full-page), folding map
1 fold-out map

Description:

Illustrated by a mounted photograph of H.R.H The Duke of Edinburgh and by chromo-lithographs and Graphotypes from sketches taken on the spot by O. W. Brierly. First edition. Illustrated with a mounted sepia photographic portrait and a number of engraved vignettes.

of H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh.

This is an account of a circumnavigation in the warship HMC Galatea under the command of the Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh (1844-1900) in 1867 and 1868. The ship visited Australia, New Zealand, India and Hong Kong. Eight of the twelve chapters concern Australia, thirty pages detail the visit to Tristan da Cunha.

The tour was recorded by ship's chaplain Rev. John Milner (1822–97) and the artist Oswald Brierly (1817–94). The work includes a detailed account of an elephant hunt, near Knysna, South Africa. The tour was curtailed in Sydney when a Fenian sympathiser attempted to assassinate the Prince and he returned to England to recover.

Condition

8vo, orig. cloth, gilt to spine and front board, some wear including head/foot of spine and along joints, 3cm split to top of rear joint Some foxing. 10cm closed tear to folding map. Good.