Voyage of the United States Frigate Potomac, under the Command of Commodore John Downes, during the Circumnavigation of the Globe, in the Years 1831, 1832, 1833, and 1834: Including a Particular Account of the Engagement at Quallah-Battoo, on the Coast of Sumatra; with All the Official Documents Relating to the Same.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1835. 1st ed. Hardcover. 4 full page illustrations, 5 folding illustrations (View of Harbour and Town of Valparaiso -- as frontis, View of Rio de Janeiro, Action of Quallah Battoo as Seen from the Potomac, View of Canton, View of Lima), x, [1], 12-560, plus a total of (32)p. adverts, the first two of which are dated June, 1835 and the remainder endated but numbered 1-30. Original light blue cloth with a uniform raised pattern. 24 cm. Backstrip concave at top with splitting at head of both joints and other wear. Endpapers heavily foxed; mostly light to moderate foxing everywhere else. Frontis chipped along outer edge and misfolded. Light foxing throughout text. The Battle of Quallah Battoo seems to have been the climax of the First Sunatran Expedition which involved the U.S. sending a frigate ("Potomac") to attack the village of Kuala Battee, after three members of the crew of the Friendship, an American Merchantman in Sumatra to trade for pepper, had been killed and their cargo taken.Pages 399-423 detail the visit of the Frigate Potomac to the Sandwich Islands. Good. Item #90659
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