The Isles of Unwisdom / by Robert Graves
1950, First Edition. London : Cassell. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine uniformly sun-toned, with front board shadow-stained and panel edges slightly rubbed. Edges and prelims lightly foxed. Remains a tight, strong and well-preserved copy overall. Item #455003
Physical description; xiv, 417 pages : map ; 19 cm. Contents; The blind girl of Panama -- An audience with the viceroy -- The vicar's baggage -- Departure from Callao -- What happened at Cherrepé -- What happened at Paita -- On the high seas -- The Marquesas Islands -- The Colonel seeks a harbour -- The cross in Santa Christina -- San Bernardo and the solitary isle -- The admiral's farewell -- Gracious Bay -- The eruption -- A settlement founded -- The Colonel speaks out -- The malcontents -- A forage with malope -- Murder -- The eclipse -- The settlement abandoned -- Northward across the equator -- Hunger and thirst -- Cobos Bay -- The last hundred leagues -- The good people of Manila. Subjects; Mendaña de Neira, Alvaro de (1542?-1595) - Fiction, Discoveries in geography - Fiction, Solomon Islands - Discovery and exploration - Fiction.
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