num_pages: 308
description: Highlights five nineteenth-century travelers who explored the South Seas and made discoveries about themselves
language: English
title: A Dream of Islands: John Williams, Herman Melville, Walter Murray Gibson, Robert Louis Stevenson, Paul Gauguin, and the South Seas
titlecomplete: A Dream of Islands: John Williams, Herman Melville, Walter Murray Gibson, Robert Louis Stevenson, Paul Gauguin, and the South Seas
ratings_count: 8
publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc