NICOLL, M. J.
Three Voyages of a Naturalist, being an Account of Many Little-known Islands in Three Oceans Visited by the 'Valhalla' R. Y. S. Introduction by the Earl of Crawford. Second (revised) edition. London, Witherby & Co., 1909. XXX+246 p. With 4
maps and a full-page illustr. og a 'Marine animal' 55 plates. Orig. cloth. Spine gilt, Top-edge gilt, others uncut.
¶ The author describes his travels to various islands to obtain birds and animals for the British Museum. He visited islands around Africa, Tristan da Cunha, Dassen Island, Glorioso, Assumption, Aldabra, Sechelle Islands, in the West Indies, Martinique and Cayman, and in the Pacific the Punta Arenas, Easter Island, Pitcairn Island, Tahiti, Society Islands, Samoa, and others. He provides good descriptions of the natural history and vegetation of many of the visited islands.
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