Title: A Journal, Comprising an Account of the Loss of the Brig Commerce, of Hartford, (Con.) James Riley, Master, Upon the Western Coast of Africa, August 26th, 1815; Also of the Slavery and Sufferings of the Author and the Rest of the Crew, Upon the Desert of Zahara, in the Years 1815, 1816, 1817; With Accounts of the Manners, Customs, and Habits of the Wandering Arabs; Also, a Brief Historical and Geographical View of the Continent of Africa Author: Robbins, Archibald Place: Hartford, CT Publisher: Silas Andrus Date: 1818 Description: 275 pp. Folding copper-engraved map. (12mo) 6¾x4, modern full brown morocco, black morocco lettering piece. Sixth Edition. First published the preceding year. An amazing story of survival after the shipwreck of the Brig Commerce on the western coast of Africa. "The men were prodded onward, subject to the most alarming privations of food and water, blasted by sun and sand, their feet cut to ribbons on the rocks. That they survived at all is a tribute to human endurance. That some managed to escape is wholly providential". Lot Amendments Condition: Some darkening and soiling to contents; small repair to map fold; else very good in a fine modern binding. Item number: 193702
Title: A Journal, Comprising an Account of the Loss of the Brig Commerce, of Hartford, (Con.) James Riley, Master, Upon the Western Coast of Africa, August 26th, 1815; Also of the Slavery and Sufferings of the Author and the Rest of the Crew, Upon the Desert of Zahara, in the Years 1815, 1816, 1817; With Accounts of the Manners, Customs, and Habits of the Wandering Arabs; Also, a Brief Historical and Geographical View of the Continent of Africa Author: Robbins, Archibald Place: Hartford, CT Publisher: Silas Andrus Date: 1818 Description: 275 pp. Folding copper-engraved map. (12mo) 6¾x4, modern full brown morocco, black morocco lettering piece. Sixth Edition. First published the preceding year. An amazing story of survival after the shipwreck of the Brig Commerce on the western coast of Africa. "The men were prodded onward, subject to the most alarming privations of food and water, blasted by sun and sand, their feet cut to ribbons on the rocks. That they survived at all is a tribute to human endurance. That some managed to escape is wholly providential". Lot Amendments Condition: Some darkening and soiling to contents; small repair to map fold; else very good in a fine modern binding. Item number: 193702
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