The Pearl Divers of Roncador Reef
by Louis Becke
Publisher: J. Clarke 1908
Number of pages: 340
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Contents: The pearl divers of Roncador Reef; Jim Trollope and myself; For the benefit of sailors' kids; The Manurua and the Marguerite; A blackbirding incident; A strange rencontre; Crowley and Drake, Limited; Nerida, the maid of Suwarrow; My South Sea gardens; A prospecting party in North Queensland; A quick vengeance.
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