Voyage of the United States Frigate Potomac, Under the Command of Commodore John Downes During the Circumnavigation of the Globe in the Years 1831,1832, 1833, and 1834; Including A Particular Account of the Engagement at Quallah-Battoo on the Coast of....
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1835. First Edition. 10 full pages of folding plates. 8vo, contemporary calf; worn, upper joint broken, detached, some foxing, soiling, minor stains, some plates frayed, some splits at folds. This account was written as a defense for an attack on the Malays by the "Potomac" on the island of Sumatra in February 1832. When news of this attack reached the U.S., the Congress demanded a justification for the action. Reynolds was put in charge of this report. Reynolds used as his sources, the Captain's Log, the Commodore's private journal, as well as the journal of his previous private secretary. In addition, the daily record kept by Lieutenant R. Pinkham was also consulted. Full leather, with border decoration and spine decoration in gilt. 560 pages. Folding frontis of ships frayed and repaired. Item #110
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