1881 A Year in Fiji, or, an Inquiry into the Botanical, Agricultural, and Economical Resources of the Colony

Description

First Edition, Folding Maps, Publishers' Original Binding, Scarce

A scarce first edition.

Illustrated with a folding map frontispiece. Collated, complete.

John Horne, a Scottish botanist, offers a detailed and first-hand account of Fiji’s natural and economic landscape in the late nineteenth century and documents his 1877 expedition to Fiji at the invitation of Governor Sir Arthur Gordon.

Inscription of G Henderson to title page head.

Through careful botanical observations and agricultural analysis, Horne examines the cultivation of sugar cane, indigenous vegetation, forestry, and other cash crops, while also addressing broader economic and rural development issues.