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Anderson, Charles Roberts

Journal of a Cruise to the Pacific Ocean, 1842-1844, in the Frigate United States with notes on Herman Melville

1937

118,44 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Anno di pubblicazione
1937
Luogo di stampa
Durham, North Carolina. Duke University Press
Autore
Anderson, Charles Roberts
Edizione
First edition.
Soggetto
Travel - Pacific & Australia
Lingue
Inglese
Prima edizione

Descrizione

8vo [22 x 14.5 cm]; x, 143 pp, frontis, plates from paintings of Journal of William H. Meyers, painted during the cruise, tables, notes, index. original cloth with gilt title lettering on spine, dj (lightly chipped at spine end, not price clipped), fine in vg dj. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Hill 463. The anonymous author was probably a petty officer with access to the ship's records so that the diary combines the accuracy and authenticity of an official log book with the informal discursiveness of a personal record (dj). It includes the earliest known account of official uniforms in the American navy. The journal contains the fullest published account of the capture of Monterey four years before the Mexican War. Herman Melville was one of the members of the crew and the work includes the first published account of his life during this period of his South Seas adventures, out of which experiences he wrote White Jacket, or the World in a Man-of War.
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