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Fifteen year-old William Mariner sailed to the South Seas aboard the Port au Prince in 1805, seeking whales and Spanish shipping. The crew mutinied, and were then murdered by Tonga natives, only Mariner surviving. Taken prisoner, he was adopted as the King's son, and lived on the island for four years before his rescue. The present account is important not only for the narrative but also the very extensive vocabulary of the Tonga language at the end of the second volume. The 1817 first edition did not contain the map. With armorial bookplates of the Sebag family. Forbes 515; Hill 1076.