Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Erskine, John Elphinstone, 1806-1887
Title:
Journal of a cruise among the islands of the Western Pacific : including the Feejees and others inhabited by the Polynesian negro races, in Her Majesty's ship Havannah / by John Elphinstone Erskine ... ; with maps and plates.
Published / Created:
London : John Murray ..., 1853.
Physical Description:
vi, 488, 32 p., [11] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., mapd ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 602
Subject Terms:
Clowes, William and Sons -- Printer. | Murray, John -- Publisher. | Day & Son -- Printer. | Townshend, Miss, -- Autograph. | Havannah (Ship) | Voyages and travels. | Polynesia -- Description and travel. | Melanesia -- Description and travel.
Form/Genre:
Wood engravings -- 1853. | Lithographs -- 1853.
Contributors:
Vintner, J. A., engraver. | Cooper, James Davis, 1823–1904, engraver. | Oliver, R. A., ill. | Turnbull, H. N., ill. | Knapp, K. M., ill. | Whymper, Josiah Wood, 1813–1903, ill.