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Zustand: New. KlappentextbTitle:/b Personal Narrative of a Voyage to Japan, Kamtschatka, Siberia, Tartary, and various parts of the coast of China, in H.M.S. Barracouta . With charts and views.br/br/bPublisher:/b British Library, Historical Print Ed.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - bTitle:/b Personal Narrative of a Voyage to Japan, Kamtschatka, Siberia, Tartary, and various parts of the coast of China, in H.M.S. Barracouta . With charts and views.br/br/bPublisher:/b British Library, Historical Print Editionsbr/br/The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.br/br/The HISTORY OF TRAVEL collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This collection contains personal narratives, travel guides and documentary accounts by Victorian travelers, male and female. Also included are pamphlets, travel guides, and personal narratives of trips to and around the Americas, the Indies, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. br/br/++++br/The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification:br/++++br/br/b/b British Librarybr/b/b Tronson, J. M.; br/b/b 1859.br/b/b 8º.br/b/b 10057.d.16.br/.

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Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. 1st Edition. Restoration required, original blind stamed cloth, all hinges cracked, wear at top & tail of spine, scattered foxing & occasional finger marks inside, all charts & illustrations present, frontis loose, previous owners bookplate attached inside front board, text block tight, photos available on request.

London 1859, Smith. Red pictorial cloth, gold stamped, all edge gilt, 414p., 10 litho plates, 5 maps, some folding,very solid, bright copy, a bit of foxing, else clean, 14 x 22 cm. complete as issued, original cloth. FIRST & ONLY EDITION The author traveled by ship to the Far East during a crucial time in the years 1854, 1855 and 1856 to various parts of the coast of China, since the opening of Japan. He went to do commerce. He traveled in and around the possessions of Russia, the River Amoor, Siberia and Tartary, Japan Islands, Kamtschatka and adjacent areas. An excellent early primary source based on the author's journals and diaries. * Fascinating reading, with excellent maps and charts, complete as issued. The frontispiece is a tinted lithograph. Useful detailed descriptions of China and Japan written just after the opening Japan. Experiences on the H.M.S. Barracouta a paddle sloop, of the Royal Navy. Tronson was the surgeon. The H.M.S. Barracouta participated during the Second Opium War in 1856. *** BIBLIOGRAPHY: H. Cordier: Japonica 543 * H. Cordier: Cordier, Sinica, III, col. 2124 1859 * TAYLOR, Louise M. comp.:CATALOG OF BOOKS ON CHINA IN THE ESSEX INSTITUTE. p.45. *.

London 1859, Smith. Half red morocco spine over brown cloth, 414p., 15 woodcuts & 5 maps: 4 linen-backed maps in superb condition, 2 text engravings, 7 lithographs, 1 other folding illustration, a bit of foxing, else solid, complete. R A R E The author traveled by ship to the Far East during a crucial time in the years 1854, 1855 and 1856 to various parts of the coast of China, since the opening of Japan. He went to do commerce. He traveled in and around the possessions of Russia, the River Amoor, Siberia and Tartary, Japan Islands, Kamtschatka and adjacent areas. An excellent early primary source based on the author's journals and diaries. * Fascinating reading, with excellent maps and charts, complete as issued. The frontispiece is a tinted lithograph. Useful detailed descriptions of China and Japan written just after the opening Japan. Experiences on the H.M.S. Barracouta a paddle sloop, of the Royal Navy. Tronson was the surgeon. The H.M.S. Barracouta participated during the Second Opium War in 1856. *** BIBLIOGRAPHY: H. Cordier: Japonica 543 * H. Cordier: Cordier, Sinica, III, col. 2124 1859 * TAYLOR, Louise M. comp.:CATALOG OF BOOKS ON CHINA IN THE ESSEX INSTITUTE. p.45. *.