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MARRYAT, Frank S.

Borneo and the Indian Archipelago.

Borneo and the Indian Archipelago.

With drawings of costume and scenery.

Stock Code 99772

London, Longman Brown, 1848

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H.M.S. Samarang's survey of Borneo. A narrative of the last voyage of H.M.S. Samarang under Sir Edward Belcher during her last surveying cruise by one of the midshipmen. Includes accounts of Singapore, Macao, Hong Kong, and the Philippines in addition to Indonesia.

First edition. Royal 8vo., viii, 232 pp., half-title, 22 tinted lithographs (including additional pictorial title), illustrations, ocasional light spotting, original red cloth gilt, rebacked in red morocco gilt, a very good copy.

Abbey, Travel 549; Hill, 1088.

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