(TRAVEL) Delano Amasa A Narrative of Voyages and Travels in

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(TRAVEL.) Delano, Amasa. A Narrative of Voyages and Travels in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres: Comprising Three Voyages around the World; together with a Voyage of Survey and Discovery in the Pacific Ocean and Oriental Islands. Folding map of Pitcairn Island, 2 portrait plates. 598, [1] pages. 8vo, contemporary speckled calf, minor wear, foxing, joints rubbed; inscription and bookplates on front pastedown and flyleaf. Boston, 1817

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'Delano, of Duxbury, Massachusetts, made several voyages to all parts of the world, including the Palau, Hawaiian, and Galápagos Islands; Manila, Canton, and Macao; New Guinea, Australia, and the East Indies, and Chile and Peru'--Hill 463. Ferguson 673; Forbes 463; Howes D233; Sabin 19349. Provenance: early owner Ann Elizabeth Heard (signature); Joseph Y. Jeanes (bookplate); Christie's Frank S. Streeter sale, 16 April 2007, lot 143.