MUTINY ON THE GLOBE The Fatal Voyage of Samuel Comstock Thomas Farel Heffernan:
2318 Bloomsbury London 2002 Fine/fine (no faults with book or dj, as new) Octavo 280pp illustrated. Maps at endpapers. Whilst sailing between Hawaii and Tahiti in January 1824, the captain and officers of the successful Nantucket whaling ship the Globe were attacked and killed under the audacious direction of 21-year-old Samuel Comstock. It was his dream to found his own tropical kingdom but within days of his landfall on the Pacific Island paradise of Mili Atoll his dangerous dream had become a nightmare £12.00GBP Click here to order or message the dealer
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