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GEORGE PRITCHARD The aggressions of the French at Tahiti and other islands of the Pacific.Auckland, Auckland University Press/ Oxford University Press, 1983. 4to, pp. 253. Hardcover with dust-jacket. Illustrated. Index + Bibliography. George Pritchard (1796-18830 was a London Missionary worker in Tahiti who was appointed British consul in 1837. As such he attempted unsuccessfully to combat the growing French presence in the island group. In 1844 French sovereignty was proclaimed over the group, and Pritchard was imprisoned, and then expelled. On the ship back to England he wrote a strongly partisan account of the "aggressions of the French", obviously with the intention of publishing it. However, he never did, and the manuscript is here published for the first time. With a portrait of Pritchard, a facsimile of the first page of the manuscript, a map of the Bay of Papeete in 1846 and 13 illustrations. Edited by Paul de Decker. Illustrated. With index and bibliography. Excellent binding and ditto dust-jacket. From the library of Boudewijn Büch.
Offered for EUR 45.00 = appr. US$ 64.44 by: Zaal Books - Book number: 12600