The Voyage of the Nyanza Being the Record of a Three Years' Cruise in a Schooner Yacht in the Atlantic and Pacific, and her Subsequent Shipwreck
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Pp. xviii, 466. Frontis. black & white illustration of the yacht Nyanza, behind tissue guard. Illustrated with black & white photo reproductions and a color fold-out map tipped in following the index. Appendix. Index. Bound in green cloth with gilt lettering stamped on spine and brown lettering and illustration printed on cover, brown endpapers. Light edge-wear, spine just a tad sunned; dust-soiling to top edge. In sum, a sturdy, presentable copy. Very Good. Item #11306
Includes narratives from the Azores to Falkland Islands; Straits of Magellan; Peru; the Marquesas; Papeete; Fiji and New Caledonia; Santa Cruz; San Francisco; Vancouver Island; Japan; Kamchatka; etc., concluding with the disaster at Ascencion. One of the better copies we've handled. Now housed in a removable, clear archival jacket.
Price: $115.00