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Samuel Patterson: Narrative of Adventures

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Samuel Patterson: Narrative of Adventures
<B>Samuel Patterson:<I> Narrative of the Adventures and Sufferings of Samuel Patterson, Experienced in the Pacific Ocean and Many Other Parts of the World, with an Account of the Feegee and Sandwich Islands.</B></I></B></I> (Palmer, Massachusetts: The Press at Palmer, 1817), xii + 144 pages, original leather binding, 16mo (4" x 6.25"). This is a poor copy with worn covers, very browned and foxed paper, with several pages chipped and torn with loss of text. The condition issues are typical for this book. The author went to Hawaii in 1805, shipwrecked in 1808 in the Fijis, where he stayed for six months. He was also in California, Australia & the Pacific Northwest.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Books & Catalogs (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)