MCCORMICK, ERIC H
Omai, Pacific Envoy
Auckland, New Zealand, Auckland University Press. 1977, First Edition. (ISBN: 0196479525) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. SIGNED. Omai met Samuel Wallis in 1767 and Captain James Cook in 1769 in Tahiti.[1] In August 1773 he embarked from Huahine on the British ship HMS Adventure , commanded by Tobias Furneaux becoming the second Pacific Islander to visit Europe, after Ahu-toru who was brought to Paris by Bougainville in 1768. CONDITION Red bds (unworn) personal inscription from the Author to dedication page, xviii, 364pp, tipped-in colour plates, B/W plates, drawings, maps. DJ has mild fading to spine and faintest wear to spine ends and tips. Overweight. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed by Author.

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