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Clark, Thomas Blake Omai, first…
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Melbourne
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25-May-2024
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Clark, Thomas Blake Omai, first Polynesian Ambassador to England [San Francisco: the Colt press, 1940]. 4to. Cloth spine, bark paper over boards. (IV), 114, (1) pages. One of 500 copies. An account of Omai's visit to England in 1774 with Captain cook and 'Of how he was feted by Fanny Burney, approved by Samuel Johnson, entertained by Mrs. Thrale & Lord Sandwich, and painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds.'
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Tribal: S/E Asia, Oceania & Pacific