W. H. Nopitsch - Mercantile journal kept in the Danish corvette Galathea, 1845-1847
W. H. Nopitsch - Mercantile journal kept in the Danish corvette Galathea, 1845-1847
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Author / Creator
Date
Canberra : Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, [19--]
Call Numbers
PMB 199
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Reference Code
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Physical Description
Contents
microfilm reel 35 mm
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Microfilm : PMB 199
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Largely concerned with the daily expenses of the Galathea expedition while in different ports. There are also general remarks on the trade at each port. Remarks on the Hawaiian Islands appear on pp. 240-75 and on Tahiti on pp. 276-7
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Full title
W. H. Nopitsch - Mercantile journal kept in the Danish corvette Galathea, 1845-1847
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Notes
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PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 199
Available for reference
Microfilm copy of original held by Rigsarkivet (National Archives), Copenhagen Denmark
Contextual Information
Administrative / Biographical history
The corvette Galathea made a voyage to the Pacific in 1845-1847. Nopitsch published a book in German on this in Hamburg in 1849. See item 1089 in Bibliographie de Tahiti et de la Polynesie Francaise by O'Reilly and Reitman (Paris, 1967)
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PMB 199
Record Identifier
9Bv7DXZ9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9Bv7DXZ9
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Reference code
440652
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