An edition of In the South Seas (1896)
In the South seas
being an account of experiences and observations in the Marquesas, Paumotus and Gilbert Islands in the course of two cruises on the yacht ''Casco'' (1888) and the schooner ''Equator'' (1889)
By Robert Louis Stevenson
Publish Date
1896
Publisher
C. Scribner's Sons
Language
eng
Pages
361
Description:
IN THE SOUTH SEAS records Stevenson's travels with his wife Fanny and their family in the Marquesas, the Paumotus and the Gilbert Islands during 1888-9. Originally drafted in journal form while Stevenson travelled, it was then ambitiously rewrittento describe the islands and islanders as well as Stevenson's own personal experiences. IN THE SOUTH SEAS was published posthumously in 1896. Its combination of personal anecdote and historical account, of autobiography and anthropology, of Stevenson and South Sea Islands, has a particular charm.
subjects: Description and travel, Travel, Scottish Authors, Biography, Journeys, Pacific area, description and travel, Voyages and travels, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Écrivains écossais, Biographies, Descriptions et voyages, Oceania, history
People: Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)
Places: Polynesia, Oceania, Pacific Area
Times: 19th century