Lot 371
Cochin China - White, John, Lieutenant in the United States Navy
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 2 September 2015 at 12:00 BST
£325
Description
A voyage to Cochin China. London: Longman &c., 1824. First edition, 8vo, half-title, later boards, paper label on spine, gilt stamp on upper board
Footnote
Note: A rare work on Vietnam. Capt. John White is renowned for making the second American voyage to Saigon on board the Franklin
"The book's interest to readers today lies chiefly in the fact that it is the first detailed - and published - account of an American's visit to Vietnam" [Robert Hopkins Miller. The United States and Vietnam 1787-1941]