Narrative of a voyage, in His Majesty's Late Ship Alceste, to the Yellow Sea
Book Description
M'LEOD John - Narrative of a voyage, in His Majesty's Late Ship Alceste, to the Yellow Sea,
along the coast of Corea and through its numerous hitherto undiscovered islands, to the island of Lewchew; with an account of her shipwreck in the Straits of Gaspar.
John Murray, London (1817)
288pp + frontispiece and 4 hand coloured plates plus tipped in errata slip. 1st ed., mostly clean in contemporary half calf. Water stain on frontispiece only and some occasional tone spotting. Colour plates in fine condition.McLeod, surgeon aboard the Alceste describes the journey of Lord Amherst's embassy to Cape of Good Hope, Batavia, the west coast of Korea and the island of Loo Choo (Leechew). Abbey Travel 559.
Author
M'LEOD John
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