The twenty-ninth volume of the Complete Works of the outstanding American writer Jack London (1876–1916) includes two travel-related works: the adventure story “The Voyage of the ‘Snark’,” and the travel report of the author’s journey to the mysterious Solomon Islands, “The Voyage of the ‘Snark’.”
When the “Snark” was on its way to Honolulu, passing along the coast of Molokai, I looked at the map and, pointing to the low peninsula, beyond which rose the impregnable cliffs two to four thousand feet high, said: “Here lies the gateway to Hell—the most accursed place on the face of the earth.” I would have been terribly ashamed if at that moment I could see myself in that “most accursed place”—shamelessly having a good time among eight hundred lepers, who were also not bored.
Jack London. “The Voyage of the ‘Snark’”