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Catalogue of Curiosities from the South Sea Islands
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Catalogue of Curiosities from the South Sea Islands

Date1865
Object number00017999
NameBook
MediumBuckram, Ink on paper
DimensionsOverall: 220 x 142 mm, 200 g
ClassificationsBooks and journals
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionCatalogue of Curiosities from the South Sea Islands: Exhibited by Commodore Sir W. Wiseman, Bart., C.B., H.M.S CURACOA, at the Diocesan Book Repository, Phillip Street, Sydney. November, 1865. Sydney: Printed by Reading and Wellbank, Bridge Street. Catalogue contains a total of 1158 specimens and 88 photos that were exhibited in the collection, with added footnotes by Commodore Wiseman to the more important specimens.
HMS CURACOA
John Bastock
c 1988
Commodore Dacre Henry Deudraeth Smyth AO
c 1980