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CHARLES ROBERT MALDEN R.N.
We have listed several items related to Hawaii including this important copy of THE VOYAGE OF HMS BLONDE TO THE SANDWICH ISLANDS
A0298 CHARLES R. MALDEN'S PERSONAL COPY OF VOYAGE OF HMS BLONDE TO THE SANDWICH ISLANDS WITH LETTERS & HAWAIIAN KAPA BROUGHT BACK BY MALDEN
Lieut. Charles Robert Malden 1797-1855 was the surveyor aboard HMS Blonde on her voyage to return the bodies of the King and Queen of Hawaii who had died in England of measles. Malden did surveys around the islands including Honolulu, Hilo and the Kilauea volcano which plan is illustrated in the book. On the return they discovered an island which was named "Malden Island"
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This copy comes with a section of Hawaiian Kapa Mulberry paper which was brought back by Malden. Also a series of family letters mostly written by Charles Malden as well as a manuscript journal by his son William Herbert Malden who served in the Crimean War
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$5400
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