ATLANTIC AND TRANS ATLANTIC SKETCHES, AFLOAT AND ASHORE. By Captain Mackinnon
by Mackinnon, [Lauchlan B.], Captain
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London: Colburn and Co., 1852.. Two volumes, xv,228pp. plus 16pp. of advertisements; ix,292pp. plus 26pp. of advertisements. Original publisher's blindstamped cloth, neatly rebacked with original gilt spines laid down. Slight bumping to corners. Titlepage in each volume signed: "Donald S. MacKinnon." Very good. Unlike many of his countrymen, Capt. Lauchlan Bellingham Mackinnon liked the U.S. and its citizens, and his account of his travels there from late 1850 through 1851 are largely favorable. Arriving in New York, he went south to Washington, of which he gives a long description, then sailed north to Boston. From there he went west to Buffalo and Detroit, across Michigan, through Chicago, of which he gives a good description, and north to Milwaukee and Green Bay. There he visited the Beaver Islands and gives an account of the followers of Jesse Strang that he met there, as well as commentary on Mormonism in general. He spent considerable time shooting and travelling in Wisconsin, and considered it wonderful country. The second volume describes being in a hurricane in Antigua and cruising from Jamaica to Panama. The last hundred pages are devoted to Mackinnon's experiences occupying the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic for Great Britain in 1846. An interesting book, evidently quite scarce, by a very commonsensical Royal Navy captain. Not in Clark, but should be. This copy is signed on the top of each title by Donald S. MacKinnon, presumably a relative. SABIN 43461. FLAKE 5214. BUCK 475.
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- Title
- ATLANTIC AND TRANS ATLANTIC SKETCHES, AFLOAT AND ASHORE. By Captain Mackinnon
- Author
- Mackinnon, [Lauchlan B.], Captain
- Book Condition
- Used
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- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Colburn and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1852.
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With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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