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Title: A Narrative of Voyages and Travels, in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres: Comprising Three Voyages Round the World; Together with a Voyage of Survey and Discovery, in the Pacific Ocean and Oriental Islands Author: Delano, Amasa Place: Boston Publisher: Printed by E. G. House for the Author Date: 1817 Description: 598, [1] pp. Illustrated with 3 engraved plates, including a stipple-engraved frontispiece portrait of Capt. Amasa Delano, a stipple-engraved portrait of King Abba Thulle (of Pelew Island), and a folding copper-engraved map along with vignette views of Pitcairn's Island. (8vo) 22x12.5cm (8¾x5"), period full tree calf with gilt roll border, spine tooled and lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers. First Edition. Capt. Delano’s important account of his 1790 and 1807 trips throughout the Pacific Ocean, including voyages to the Galapagos Islands, Pitcairn Island, New Guinea, the East Indies, Palau, Australia, Canton, Macao, the Philippines, and Hawaii. Also, known for being the primary source material for Herman Melville's “Benito Cereno,” providing the information on the Spanish ship Tryal which had been taken over by Negro slaves, and the capture off Santa Maria Island. Sabin 19349; Ferguson 673; Hill I, p. 83; Howes D-233. Lot Amendments Condition: Slight rubbing to spine and extremities; foxing to contents, corner chip to folding map not affecting image, bookplate of the Geneva Library Association with printed lending rules, very good. Item number: 233849