My last cruise. Where we went and what we saw: being an account of visits to the Malay and Loo-choo islands, the coasts of China, Formosa, Japan, Kamtschatka, Siberia, and the mouth of the Amoor river

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Author: Alexander Wylly "A W" Habersham (1826-1883) Year: 1857 Publisher: J B Lippincott Company and Trubner Company Place: London and Philadelphia Description: 5-507 pages with 2 frontispieces and 23 plates including the nude bathing scene. Octavo (8 3/4" x 6") bound in half leather with five raised spine bands and black labels in gilt to spine over marbled boards. Edges in matching marble. (Hill 739. Sabin 29466) First edition. This narrative recounts the journey of the United States Exploring Expedition to the North Pacific and China Seas, 1853-1856, under Cadwallader Ringwald. It includes sections on the visits to Malay, the Loo-Choo Islands, the Coasts of China and Formosa, Japan, Kamtschatka, Siberia, and the mouth of the Amoor River. Habersham was a Lieutenant in the surveying party and served aboard the John P Kennedy . The expedition, under the command of Commander Cadwalader Ringgold, sailed in June of 1853 for the Orient via the Cape of Good Hope and Batavia. The Vincennes served as flag-ship to the four other expedition vessels (screw-steamer John Hancock , the brig-of-war Porpoise , the schooner J. Fenimore Cooper and the store-ship John P. Kennedy ). While the narrative overlaps the time the Perry Expedition was in Japan, the Ringwald Expedition arrived in Okinawa and Japan after Perry had completed his mission. The narrative provides an interesting account of events immediately in the wake of the Perry Expedition. Condition: A wonderfully rebound edition near f

• Binding: Hardcover

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