CHEEVER, Henry Theodore.

The island world of the Pacific: being the personal narrative and results of travel through the Sandwich or Hawaiian Islands, and other parts of Polynesia.

Glasgow, William Collins, [1851?]. 8vo (190 x 110 mm), pp. 304, with a frontispiece; original dark green cloth, advertisements on endpapers; slightly rubbed and stained. First British edition. ‘This is a classic narrative of a visit to Hawaii by an ordained minister on a voyage for reasons of health. Cheever arrived at Honolulu from New York via Cape Horn, May 9, 1843. The Hawaiian text commences with a description of Honolulu and its environs. Cheever recounts visits to the waterfront markets, the missionary compound, Kawaiahao Church, the Chief’s Children’s School, and Punahou. He also went to Manoa Valley and to Waikiki, where, like so many others, he explored the remains of a large heiau. The narrative portions of the text are interspersed with chapters on historical subjects such as the death of Captain Cook, the arrival of the missionaries, the Laplace affair, the French “outrage” of 1849, the “embassy” of Haalilio and Richards to Europe, and naturally much on missionary work’ (Forbes). The original edition was published at New York in 1851.Forbes 1802; Hill 286.

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