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[Oceania] FESTETICS of TOLNA (Count Rodolphe de). Towards th…
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[Oceania] FESTETICS of TOLNA (Count Rodolphe de). Towards th…
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[Oceania] FESTETICS of TOLNA (Count Rodolphe de). Towards the Minicoy reef after eight years in the Pacific and Indian Oceans aboard the yacht "Le Tolna". Paris, Plon, 1904. One large volume in-8, cornered half-chagrin, covers cons. (3) ff, 395 pp, (1) f. Spine uniformly faded, old traces of wax.
174 engravings and maps based on the author's photographs and documents.
Sought-after first edition of this travel and adventure account by Count Rodolphe de Festetics de Tolna (1871-1933), a Hungarian aristocrat with a passion for navigation and a great traveller. After eight years sailing the South Seas aboard his yacht Le Tolna, he gives a vivid account of his explorations in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific, recounting life on board, encounters with native peoples and, in particular, the shipwreck of his vessel on the Minicoy reef (Laquedives archipelago).
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