Wandering Sketches of People and Things in South America, Polynesia, California, and Other Places Visited, During a Cruise on Board of the U.S. Ships Levant, Portsmouth, and Savannah
by Wood, William Maxwell
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Chehalis, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1849. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. pp. x, [13]-386, in publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth. Losses to spine ends, corners rubbed through, slightly shaken, but still a better than average copy of this title, which is often found in poor condition. Hill (1910): The ships made port in Rio de Janierio, Valparaiso, Callao, Paita, the Marquesas, Honolulu, Monterey, Mazatlan, Manzanillo, Acapulco, and Gayamas. Extensive visits were made in Rio, Lima, California, the Gulf of California, and Mexico. Woods was traveling in central Mexico when the Mexican War began, and he escaped via Vera Cruz. The intelligence gathered by Wood in Mexico was instrumental to the U.S. seizure of California by Commodore Sloat in that war.
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- Bookseller
- Walkabout Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20650
- Title
- Wandering Sketches of People and Things in South America, Polynesia, California, and Other Places Visited, During a Cruise on Board of the U.S. Ships Levant, Portsmouth, and Savannah
- Author
- Wood, William Maxwell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Carey and Hart
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1849
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel Narratives; South and Central America; Australia & the Pacific; Californiana;
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About the Seller
Walkabout Books
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Chehalis, Washington
About Walkabout Books
Walkabout Books is an antiquarian bookstore located in southwest Washington State. We specialize in Americana and the literature of travel and adventure, including travel narratives, travel and tourism ephemera (travel diaries, vintage brochures, guidebooks, etc), exploration, mountaineering, and other outdoor pursuits. We also carry interesting and unusual books in many other fields.
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