Stockell, William

Estimate

1,200 - 1,800 GBP

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Description

The Eventful Narrative of Capt. William Stockell, comprising... his travels in different countries... in the land and naval service of his Britannic Majesty, and of the United States: and of his adventures and achievements in the Whale Fishery. Cincinnati: S. Ward & Co., 1840
paper

FIRST EDITION, 8vo (196 x 125mm.), vi, errata leaf, vii-xiv, 17-326pp., 12 wood-engraved plates, polished black morocco, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, gilt edges, occasional soiling to text

Literature

Sabin 91877; not in Hill, Howes or Arctic Bibliography

Catalogue Note

A wide-ranging account of Stockell's adventures at sea, including an encounter with Nelson's fleet at Trafalgar, North America, the Caribbean, India, south-east Asia, cruises up the Persian Gulf and Red Sea, Greenland and the Arctic. He records engagements with pirates, whaling expeditions (one with Scoresby), and shipwrecks (the last of which saw him as the sole survivor).