The North Pacific Surveying and Exploring Expedition; or, 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 Amoor River.

Habersham, A.W.

Published by Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 1857

About this Item

First edition. 507, [4] pp., 30 uncolored plates (including engraved title and frontispiece). Original embossed cloth, worn, particularly at extremities, top and bottom of spine torn. The text contains descriptions of stops in Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, Japan and Kamchatka. Hill 739: "Habersham was an American naval officer who later became a tea and coffee merchant. He was descended from a family of early English settlers in Georgia who became prominent rice plantation owners and merchants. This expedition, under the orders 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 four other vessels. The ships returned, via San Francisco and Cape Horn, to the New York Navy-yard in the summer of 1856." Along with its interactions in China and eastern Russia, this little-known expedition followed up on the Perry Expedition's contacts with Japan. Sabin 29466.

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• Title: The North Pacific Surveying and Exploring Expedition; or, 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 Amoor River.
• Publisher: Philadelphia, Philadelphia
• Publication Date: 1857
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
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