1848 Voyage Round the World Taylor USS Columbia CHINA India Brazil Illustrated
Fitch Waterman Taylor was a 19th-century American minister and seaman. He was appointed a chaplain in the U.S. Navy in 1841, a position he maintained until his death in 1865. While in the Navy, he made a voyage around the world on the USS Columbia in 1838 and published the events of this voyage in “A Voyage Round the World”.
This work is filled with several wood-engravings and descriptions of ports of call in Brazil, Arabia, India, China, Siam, Hawaii, Tahiti, Chile and Peru. Features two frontispieces – Bombardment of Muckie and Emperor of China.
1848 Voyage Round the World Taylor USS Columbia CHINA India Brazil Illustrated
Fitch Waterman Taylor was a 19th-century American minister and seaman. He was appointed a chaplain in the U.S. Navy in 1841, a position he maintained until his death in 1865. While in the Navy, he made a voyage around the world on the USS Columbia in 1838 and published the events of this voyage in “A Voyage Round the World”.
This work is filled with several wood-engravings and descriptions of ports of call in Brazil, Arabia, India, China, Siam, Hawaii, Tahiti, Chile and Peru. Features two frontispieces – Bombardment of Muckie and Emperor of China.
Item number: #1842
Price: $399
TAYLOR, Fitch W.
A voyage round the world, and visits to various foreign countries, in the United States frigate Columbia : attended by her escort the sloop of war John Adams, and commanded by Commodore George C. Read …
New-Haven : H. Mansfield ; New York : D. Appleton & Co., 1848.
Details:
- Collation complete with all pages; 2 volumes in 1:
- Vol I: 317p
- Vol II: 332 (i.e. 650)
- Illustrated throughout, including 4 full-page engravings
- Provenance: Handwritten – P. Stafford
- Language: English
- Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure
- Size: ~8in X 5in (20cm x 13cm)
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1842
Categories
Asia, Africa, & Middle Eastern
Voyages & Exploration & Maps
Authors
TAYLOR, Fitch W.
Printing Date
19th Century
Language
English
Binding
Leather
Book Condition
Excellent
Collation
Complete