1840 FLAGSHIP VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD antique 2 VOLUMES 1st EDITION RARE

THE FLAGSHIP:
or VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD,
In The United States Frigate Columbia; Attended By Her Consort The Sloop Of War John Adams, And Bearing The Broad Pennant Of Commodore George C. Read
by Taylor, Fitch W.
2 volumes
New York: D. Appleton & Co, 1840
First Edition
Original embossed cloth binding
Spine one of the volumes with repaired (replaced) part.
Good interior condition, foxing.
Vol. I lacks front endpaper.
388 pp, 406 pp.
Size 5 by 8"
Senior Chaplain of the U.S. Navy Fitch W. Taylor (1803-1865) was first a minister for the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Maryland.
During his twenty-four years of service in the U.S. Navy, Taylor circumnavigated the globe aboard the USS Columbia, one of the first U.S. naval ships to make such a voyage. The Flagship details his experiences aboard this vessel.
Text in English

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