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Wellington: Banshee Books, 2001. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 107 pages, b/w illustrations. Under the command of Captain William Best, with mate & pilot Captain Jacob Eckhoff. Under charter to the New Zealand Government, she left Invercargill on 24 December 1890 to bring back anyone on Macquarie Island who wished. There had been a party of sealers (9 sealers, and the wife of one of them) who had minimal provisions. The 'Kakanui' picked up 8 men who wanted to leave, but was lost at sea sometime in January 1891, with the loss of 19 lives. See "New Zealand shipwrecks" .
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An Errand of Mercy: Captain Jacob Eckhoff and the Loss of the Kakanui Hardcover - 2001
by Redmer Yska
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- Title An Errand of Mercy: Captain Jacob Eckhoff and the Loss of the Kakanui
- Author Redmer Yska
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First edition
- Pages 106
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Banshee Books, Wellington
- Date 2001
- ISBN 9780473076993 / 0473076993
- Library of Congress subjects Kakanui (Coastal steamer), Eckhoff, Jacob
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002318254
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