FANNING, EDMUND. 1769-1841.

Voyages Round the World; with Selected Sketches of Voyages to the South Seas, North and South Pacific Oceans, China, etc. New York: Collins & Hannay, 1833.

Voyages Round the World; with Selected Sketches of Voyages to the South Seas, North and South Pacific Oceans, China, etc. New York: Collins & Hannay, 1833.
8vo. 5 lithograph plates (2 folding). Original publisher's gray boards rebacked in green cloth, printed paper spine label, green quarter calf slipcase with inner chemise. Wear and small stains to binding, paste-downs and endpapers browning, scattered foxing, scuffs to slip case.

FIRST EDITION. An account of the first American naval exploration to the southern hemisphere in 1829-1830, the first exploring expedition sponsored by the U.S. government. Rosove 119.A1 ("Scarce"); Spence 454.