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Tahiti-Nui: By Raft from Tahiti to Chile [Cap à l'Est]. by Bisschop, Eric de, 1891-1958 - 1959: Translated from the French by Edward Young

by Bisschop, Eric de, 1891-1958

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Tahiti-Nui: By Raft from Tahiti to Chile [Cap à l'Est].: Translated from the French by Edward Young

by Bisschop, Eric de, 1891-1958

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London, Collins, 1959. A six-month journey on an ocean-going Polynesian raft, from the South Seas to South America, in an attempt to refute Thor Heyerdahl's claim that Polynesia was colonized from South America. Translation of Cap à l'Est, first published Paris, 1958. Endpaper maps. Stock#39307. Hard Cover. 256 pages, photos; 20.5 cm. Fair, worn, ex-library/ no dj.
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  • Date Published 1959
  • Keywords Pacific Islands travel discovery description Ploynesian oceanic navigation

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New York: McDowell, Obolensky. Hardcover. 1959. 1st Edition. 8vo 284pp . Fine in Good DJ. B&W Photographs DJ spine faded, some small tears, and a crease line along bottom edge of front panel "Tahiti Nui" is the name of an exact replica of an ancient Polynesian craft. The author sailed it across the Pacific from Tahiti to Chile in a daring challenge to the "Kon-Tiki theory" .
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London: Collins, 1959 Original red cloth with gilt titles, endpaper maps, b&w illstns. Translated from the French by Edward Young. A very tidy book with intact dust jacket, just some edge rubbing and tiny tears. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Tahiti-Nui : By raft from Tahiti to Chile. By Eric de Bisschop ; translated from the French by Edward Young. [ With plates, including portraits, and an endpaper map.]. LONDON : 1959. HARDBACK in JACKET. [ Expédition du Tahiti-Nui (1956-1958) ]

by BISSCHOP, Eric de, 1891-1958

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London: Collins, St. James Place, 1959. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus. Illustrations; maps [ Colour jacket Design; by Brian Keogh ]. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1959. Hardback. Illustrated with 15 plates. Red cloth; silver letter spine. Map end-papers. In blue and colour pictorial dust-jacket. Bright, tight and clean. No owner name or internal markings. Jacket particularly bright and clean with no tears. Fore-edge foxed. VERY GOOD in like jacket; now in a clear protective sleeve. 356 pages. Includes bibliographical references. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. 8vo. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Cumberland, Everyman, Inklings, Literature, Rarities, Theology and History. ].
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McDowell, Obolensky, 1959T. hardcover. Very Good. 1.1000 in x 8.3000 in x 5.5000 in. Hardcover with good dust-jacket. Gift inscription on front fly-leaf. Otherwise, clean and solid. Ships from a smoke-free home. 284 pages. Tearing and chipping to edge of jacket, which comes in a mylar wrapper.
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