* 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.

8vo (230 x145 mm). Lithographed frontispiece, 4 lithographed plates (2 folding). (Light foxing, a few pale stains. Original blue boards, original printed paper label, uncut (rebacked in tan paper preserving label); marbled slipcase. Provenance: Farmers' Library (purchase note dated 6-14-1880); Gilbert Cope (1840-1928) founder of the Chester County Historical Society, genealogist (signature).

FIRST EDITION. In 1792, Captain Edmund Fanning of Stonington, Connecticut sailed to the South Seas in search of seal skins, and for the next twenty-five years made voyages to the Pacific and around the world. He visited Australia, South Georgia, Fiji, Tonga, and the Marquesas and discovered several islands, one of which, situated 1200 miles south of Honolulu, still bears his name. In 1829, Fanning was instrumental in organizing an exploring expedition to the South Seas under the command of Benjamin Pendleton and Nathaniel Brown Palmer. A FINE COPY. Ferguson 1643; Hill 581; Howes F-27; Rosove 119; Sabin 23780.