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Lewis Coolidge and the Voyage of the Amethyst, 1806-1811

English · Hardback

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Informationen zum Autor Also an Illinois native, John Phillip Felt is the great-great-grandson of Lewis Coolidge. Felt served as an officer in the U.S. Navy and as a foreign service officer in the U.S. State Department. Now retired, he lives in Alexandria, Virginia. Klappentext A firsthand account of a nineteenth-century sealing expedition that recalls the spirit of Herman Melville Zusammenfassung Lewis Coolidge (1783-1871) was a nephew of Billy Dawes! the man who accompanied Paul Revere on his legendary midnight ride. In 1806! Coolidge set out on a five-year voyage around the globe aboard the China trader Amethyst. This diary on the voyage sheds light on the 19th-century sealing trade and offers a vantage on maritime culture of the era.

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Authors John Phillip Felt, Evabeth Miller Kienast, Evabeth Miller (EDT)/ Felt Kienast
Assisted by Evabeth Miller Kienast (Editor), John P Felt (Editor), John P. Felt (Editor), John Phillip Felt (Editor), Evabeth Miller Kienast (Editor)
Publisher Univ of south carolina press
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 15.05.2009
 
EAN 9781570038167
ISBN 978-1-57003-816-7
No. of pages 160
Series Studies in Maritime History
Studies in Maritime History
Subjects Humanities, art, music > History
Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous

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