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The life of William Henry Hayes, "Bully Hayes," the last of the buccaneers : a chronicle of the South Seas during the nineteenth century

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Description: Biography of American "gentlemen merchant adventurer" William Henry Hayes by Sydney William Dutton and Earl Leon Heck. Recounts Hayes' escapades in the South Pacific, including in and around ports at Singapore, Adelaide and elsewhere in Australia, New Zealand, Shanghai, Java, and San Francisco. Larger themes covered include the negative role of missionaries, British and American animosity toward German trading expansion in the South Pacific, and Maori unrest against European influence. Mentions are made of Captain Ben Pease, Captain John J. Mahlmann, and Dr. James Chalmers, among others. With bibliography and index.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1961.
Call number: mssHM 74640
Creator: Dutton, Sydney William(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Earl Leon Heck, December 1961.
Associated people: Heck, Earl L. W. (1896-1981.)
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