Voyage of H. M. S. Blonde to the Sandwich Islands, in the Years 1824-1825
Publisher: J. Murray
Published: 1826
Language: eng
Number of pages: 345
Description: George Anson Byron, the 7th Lord Byron, was chosen to command the H.M.S. Blonde and return the bodies of King Kamehameha II and Queen Kamamalu to Hawaii; both died of measles while visiting London in 1824.
Notes: "The following narrative has been compiled from the various journals and notes made by some of the officers and other gentlemen that accompanied Lord Byron on his interesting voyage to the Sandwich islands."--Pref.