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Title
W. H. Nopitsch - Mercantile journal kept in the Danish corvette Galathea, 1845-1847
Creator
W. H. Nopitsch
Call number
PMB 199
Level of description
fonds
Date

Canberra : Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, [19--]
Type of material
Textual Records
Reference code
440652
Issue Copy
Microfilm : PMB 199
Physical Description
microfilm reel 35 mm
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)
Scope and Content
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
General note

PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 199
Available for reference
Microfilm copy of original held by Rigsarkivet (National Archives), Copenhagen Denmark
Creator/Author/Artist
Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau
Name
Galathea (Ship)
Nopitsch, W. H.
Subject
Hawaii--Commerce.
Sailors--Polynesia--Diaries.
Society Islands (French Polynesia)--Commerce.
Voyages and travels.

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