Narrative and Successful Result of a Voyage in the South Seas 2 Volume Set : Performed by Order of the Government of British India, to Ascertain the A

Trader and adventurer Peter Dillon (1788-1847) spent much of his life in the Pacific. When he discovered artefacts from a lost French expedition, his familiarity with Pacific Islander cultures enabled him to establish its fate, and acquire many items from the shipwrecks. This two-volume 1829 publication tells the story.