Cleveland, Richard Jeffry, 1773-1860 A Narrative of Voyages and commercial enterprises

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GLC#
GLC05760
Type
Books & pamphlets
Date
1842
Author/Creator
Cleveland, Richard Jeffry, 1773-1860
Title
A Narrative of Voyages and commercial enterprises
Place Written
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Pagination
2 v. ; xvi, 249 p. : ; vii, 240 p. : Height: 19.5 cm, Width: 12.7 cm
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson

Published by John Owen. First edition. Original cloth. Vol. II signed in pencil by F.A. Fruman, possibly the owner, in New York in 1861. Includes discussions of Captain Cleveland's voyages to China, Hawaii, Alaska, South America, California and the Northwest coast from 1799-1803. His voyages to Alaska and the Islands in 1799 and California in 1803 pertained mostly to the fur trade. Includes descriptions of his impressions of Native Americans. Cleveland was partners with William Shaler.

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