Voyages Round The World; With Selected Sketches of Voyages to the South Seas, North and South Pacific Oceans, China, Etc., Preformed Under the Command and Agency of the Author. Also, Information Relating to Important Late Discoveries; Between the Years 1792 and 1832, Together with the Report of the Commander of the First American Exploration, Patronised by the United States Government, in the Brigs Seraph and Annawan, to the Southern Hemisphere.
by Fanning, Edmund (1769-1841)
New York, Sleight & van Norden for Collins & Hannay, 1833.
Size 6 by 9 1/3"
Worn binding, original front board , back cover is different in color, probably replaced.
499 pages
Lacks Plates (missing frontispiece and 4 plates).
Text in English
The first edition, including an account of the first American naval exploring expedition to the southern hemisphere. "Captain Fanning of Stonington, Connecticut, sailed for the South Seas in 1792, on a voyage for sealskins, and during the next twenty-five years made voyages to the Pacific and around the world, visiting Australia, the desolate lands of South Georgia and the islanders of Fiji, Tonga, and the Marquesas. He discovered several islands, including one which still bears his name ... [The present work also includes] an account of the first American naval exploring expedition to the southern hemisphere, 1829-30 ... commanded by Benjamin Pendleton" (Hill).
Hill 581; Rosove 119.A1 ("scarce"); Sabin 23780; Spence 454.

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