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y separately published work icon A Letter from the South Seas : By a Voyager on the Daedalus, 1792 single work   correspondence  
Note: This letter is ascribed by the editor in the Introduction, to William House.
Issue Details: First known date: 1957... 1957 A Letter from the South Seas : By a Voyager on the Daedalus, 1792
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Notes

  • This letter is evenly divided between poetry and prose.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

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      (Manuscript) assertion
      Note/s:
      • An unsigned, incomplete letter written in verse and prose, written on board the Daedalus, Vancover's store-ship, during her voyage from California to New South Wales, 1792-3.

      Holdings

      Held at: Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW
    • Cremorne, Cremorne - Mosman - Northbridge area, Sydney Northeastern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Talkarra Press , 1957 .
      Limited edition info: Edition limited to 250 copies.
      Note/s:
      • Introduced and annotated by John Earnshaw.
      • Cover title: Track of the Storeship Daedalus 1792-3.
      • Half title page: A Letter From the South Seas 1792
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Works about this Work

Untitled E. Morris Miller , 1958 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 17 no. 4 1958; (p. 445-446)
— Review of A Letter from the South Seas : By a Voyager on the Daedalus, 1792 William House , 1957 single work correspondence
Untitled E. Morris Miller , 1958 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 17 no. 4 1958; (p. 445-446)
— Review of A Letter from the South Seas : By a Voyager on the Daedalus, 1792 William House , 1957 single work correspondence
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Subjects:
  • South Pacific, Pacific Region,
  • Society Islands,
    c
    French Polynesia,
    c
    South Pacific, Pacific Region,
  • 1792
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