Item #90676 A Visit to the South Seas, in the U. States Ship Vincennes, during the Years 1829 and 1830; Including Notices of Brazil, Peru, Manilla, the Cape of Good Hope, and St. Helena. C. S. Stewart.

A Visit to the South Seas, in the U. States Ship Vincennes, during the Years 1829 and 1830; Including Notices of Brazil, Peru, Manilla, the Cape of Good Hope, and St. Helena

New York: John P. Haven, 1833. 2nd Amer. ed. Hardcover. 2 vols. xii, 13-323, xi, [4], 16-357p. Original cloth. 20 cm. Extremities rubbed Backstrips faded; backstrip on Vol. 2 lacks top inch or so and backstrip on Vol. 1 has a small hole. Some foxing throughout. Former owner's name in pencil on front free endpapers.Stewart had served as a missionary in the Sandwich Islands), 1823-1825. Pages 51-247 contains Stewart's account of the visit of the Vincennes to the Sandwich Islands only a few years later. The first edition (New York) was published in 1831. A London edition followed in 1832. this is the Second American edition. Good. Item #90676
ISBN: B0056E5P4G

Price: $125.00

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