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Wrecked on the Feejees : experience of a Nantucket man, a century ago, who was sole survivor of whaleship "Oeno" and lived for nine years among cannibals of South Sea islands.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cary, William S, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cary, William S--Travel--Fiji.
- Cary, William S.
- Oeno (Bark).
- Merchant mariners--Massachusetts--Nantucket Island.
- Merchant mariners.
- Whaling.
- Shipwrecks--Fiji.
- Shipwrecks.
- Fiji--Description and travel.
- Fiji.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (73 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Nantucket, Mass. : Inquirer and Mirror Press, 1928.
- Notes:
- AMDigital Reference: DU600 .C23 1928
- "Experience of a Nantucket man, the sole survivor of crew of whaleship "Oeno", who lived for nine years among cannibals of south Pacific."--Cover.
- "This thrilling tale was compiled from the log-book of William S. Cary, of Nantucket, the sole survivor of the crew of the ship "Oeno", which was wrecked on Turtle Island, in the Pacific Ocean, on the 5th of April, 1825."--Foreword.
- Foreword signed: Harry B. Turner. Nantucket, Mass., May 1, 1928.
- Originally published in instalments in the Nantucket journal, 1887.
- Description based on publisher metadata (last viewed October 22, 2024).
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