1820 Voyages in Indian Seas AFRICA MAP Cape of Good Hope Java Madras James Prior

1820 Voyages in Indian Seas AFRICA MAP Cape of Good Hope Java Madras James Prior

James Prior was a 19^th-century Irish surgeon who early in his career boarded the HMS Nisus while in the Royal Navy. While on the ship, Prior sailed to Cape of Good hope, Java, Madras, and several other tropical locations. Following the voyage, Prior wrote a narrative of his voyage on the Nisus, a book that includes an impressive folding map of Africa, Southern Asia, and the surrounding oceans.

Item number: #11797

Price: $550

PRIOR, James

Narrative of a voyage in the Indian Seas in the Nisus frigate to the Cape of Good Hope, isles of Bourbon, France, and Seychelles, to Madras and the isles of Java, St. Paul, and Amsterdam

London: Printed for Richard Phillips, [1820]. First edition.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • IV, 112
  • 4 engraved plates
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure
• Size: ~8.75in X 5.5in (22cm x 14cm)

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