Journal of a cruise made to the Pacific Ocean, : by Captain David Porter, in the United States frigate Essex, in the years 1812, 1813, and 1814. : Containing descriptions of the Cape de Verd Islands, coasts of Brazil, Patagonia, Chili, and Peru, and of the Gallapagos Islands; also, a full account of the Washington groupe of islands, the manners, customs, and dress of the inhabitants, &c. &c. : Illustrated with fourteen engravings. : In two volumes. Vol. I[-II]

Title Variants

Alternative: Journal of a cruize made to the Pacific Ocean

Alternative: Porter's journal

By

Porter, David, 1780-1843

Inskeep, A. H. (Abraham Hulings), 1780-1857 , publisher
Greenleaf, Oliver Cromwell, 1777?-1843 , bookseller
Maxwell, James, 1783 or 1784-1845 , printer
Palmer, George, 1817 , printer
Wood, Joseph, approximately 1778-1830 , illustrator
Porter, David, 1780-1843 , illustrator
Adams, D. P. (David Phineas), 1823 , illustrator
Edwin, David, 1776-1841 , engraver
Kneass, William, 1780-1840 , engraver
Strickland, William, 1787-1854 , engraver
Bradford, Samuel F. (Samuel Fisher), 1776-1837 , publisher
Bradford and Inskeep , publisher
William Essex and Son, , bookseller

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

Philadelphia, published by Bradford and Inskeep; and Abraham H. Inskeep, New-York; and for sale by O.C. Greenleaf, Boston; and William Essex and Son, Lexington, Ken. G. Palmer, printer, 1815

Notes

Frontispiece portrait of David Porter by Wood engraved by Edwin; map by Porter engraved by Kneass; plates by D. Adams, Porter, and W. Strickland engraved by Kneass and W. Strickland.

Copyright Dec. 24, 1814, by Bradford and Inskeep.

Volume 2 with imprint: published by Bradford and Inskeep; and Abraham H. Inskeep, New-York; and for sale by O.C. Greenleaf, Boston; and William Essex and Son, Lexington, Ken. J. Maxwell, printer. 1815.

Volume 1: vi, [2], 263, [1] pages, [2] leaves of plates; volume 2: [2], 169, [1] pages, [12] leaves of plates (1 folded). The last page is blank in both volume 1 and 2.

Error in paging: volume 2, pages 35, 50 misnumbered 53, 40.

"Bradford and Inskeep have just published in the United States and England: ..."--p. [4] of cover.

Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, | 64218

Shaw, R.R. American bibliography, | 35674

Shaw, R.R. American bibliography, | 35032

University of California, San Diego. Hill collection of Pacific voyages, | 1371

Wright Howes, the final edition of U.S.iana, | P484

Subjects

1780-1843 , Brazil , Cabo Verde , Description and travel , Essex (Frigate) , Galapagos Islands , History , Intaglio prints , Maps , Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia) , Naval operations , Nuka Hiva (French Polynesia) , Pacific Coast (Latin America) , Porter, David, , Portraits , Travel , United States , Voyages and travels , War of 1812

Call Number

G477 .P844 1815

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.153613
OCLC: 830342458