Voyages & Discoveries In The South Seas 1792-1832.
by Fanning Capt E
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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About This Item
1924 32 Illus. 335 Pages. 16 x 24cms. Original cloth backed boards, rubbed. Number 71 of 97 copies on American Vellum. Top edge gilt. Untrimmed. Some browning to margins. Good. Marine Research Soc Salem. No. 6. One of the rare narratives of an American shipmaster Capt. Edmund Fanning. Sailed for the South Seas in May 1792 for seal skins then during the next 25 years made voyages to the Pacific & around the world. Discoveredseveral hitherto unknown islands. Either commanded or acted as directive agent for almost 70 expeditions to the South Seas & China. Index. End-Paper Maps.
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- Bookseller
- G. L. GREEN LTD (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50597
- Title
- Voyages & Discoveries In The South Seas 1792-1832.
- Author
- Fanning Capt E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1924
- Keywords
- VOYAGING; PACIFIC; NAPOLEONIC PERIOD
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nautical;
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G. L. GREEN LTD
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RADLETT, Hertfordshire
About G. L. GREEN LTD
Naval and maritime booksellers probably one of the leading sellers in this field, buying and selling new, used, secondhand books and ephemera, postcards, cigarette cards throughout the world. Working from an outbuilding in our house. My Father, Geoffrey Green, started the business 35 years ago and for many years had a shop in Ealing.
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- Top Edge Gilt
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