The injured islanders, or, The influence of art upon the happiness of nature.
Description
- Language(s)
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English
- Published
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London : Printed for J. Murray, 1779.
- Subjects
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Wallis, Samuel,
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Wallis, Samuel, /
1728-1795.
Wallis, Samuel,
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Wallis, Samuel, /
1728-1795
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Wallis, Samuel, / 1728-1795 /
Poetry.
Tahiti
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Tahiti /
Discovery and exploration.
Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island)
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Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island) /
Discovery and exploration
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Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island) / Discovery and exploration /
Poetry.
Association copies (Provenance)
- Note
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Dublin ed. of 1779 has t.p. statement, "By the author of The academick sportsman," a poem by Fitzgerald. Both poems were included in: Poems / by the Rev. Gerald Fitzgerald. Dublin, 1797. Cf. Nat. union cat., pre-1956 imprints.
In verse; supposedly an address from Berea, deposed queen of Tahiti, to Samuel Wallis, deploring the effect his visit had on the islanders; erroneously assigned to Wallis himself by Brit. Mus. Cat. and Halkett and Laing.
Engraved ill. on t.p.
- Physical Description
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8, 25, [3] p. ;
26cm.
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