Robert Louis Stevenson and wife Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson take their second South Seas voyage with Robert's step-son, Lloyd Osbourne. Robert Stevenson wrote about the journey in his book, In the South Seas, publish in 1896. - AsNotedIn
Y/M/D | Description | Place |
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1889/06/24 | RLS and family depart Honolulu on the chartered schooner EQUATOR for an excursion to the South Pacific. As King Kalakaua waves farewell, his musicians serenade the departing voyagers. | EQUATOR (schooner), Everett |
1889/09/00 | Stevenson family and the EQUATOR visits Butaritari. | Butaritari, Gilbert Islands |
1889/09/00 | The EQUATOR sails through the area near Winslow Reef. | Phoenix Islands Protected Area, Phoenix Islands |
1889/10/00 | The Stevenson family spend two months on Abemama Atoll. | Abemama, Gilbert Islands |
1889/10/00 | The EQUATOR takes the Stevenson party to the coral atoll of Abaiang. | Apaiang, Gilbert Islands |
1889/12/07 | The Equator arrives at Apia on the island of Upolo, Samoa. RLS and family stay with an American trader, H J Moors, Beach Road, Apia. | Apia, Samoa |
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