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Fatal Impact: An Account of the Invasion of the South Pacific, 1767-1840
by Moorehead, Alan
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
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About This Item
London, UK: Hamish Hamilton, 1966. 1st Edition 1st Impression. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition, first printing. 230pp, plus numerous black and white plate illustrations. Maps on endpapers. Green cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on red faux spine label. Top edge sprayed green. 8vo. Boards very lightly rounded at spine tips, small mild scratch on front panel. Previous owner's name on half-title page, which also has a hint of toning, else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original, illustrated dust jacket, a little bumped on edges, with small area with compression warping in top leading corner. Moorehead's study of the invasion of the South Pacific centres on devastation of Tahiti, convicts sailing into Botany Bay, and the wealth of marine and bird life countering the killing of whales and the desolation of the coast of South Georgia; he looks at the arrival of so-called western civilisation and it coming up against the innocence of Tahiti, Australia and the Antartic, and how corruption and annihilation led to disaster with, ironically, Cook - the most humane of explorers of his day - causing the fatal impact.
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- Title
- Fatal Impact: An Account of the Invasion of the South Pacific, 1767-1840
- Author
- Moorehead, Alan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Impression
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1966
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- South Pacific, South Georgia, Australia, Antarctic, British Empire, Captain Cook
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