Strain isaac lieut (3 risultati)

Condizione: Gut. XI, 295 p. Spine of a book to become yellow and slightly ripped. Isaac Grier Strain was born March 4, 1821, in Roxbury, Pennsylvania, of Scots-Irish origin, and died May 14, 1857, in Aspinwall, (alternative name of Colon, Panama) Colombia. At age of 17 he joined the U.S. Navy to apprentice at sea; he became a midshipman. Predisposed to exploration, he participated in an 1843 (1845 by some sources) exploring expedition to the interiot of Brazil, Province of San Paulo. By 1848 Strain was exploring the peninsula of Lower California, thence to work with the Mexican boundary commission. He was promoted to lieutenant in 1850; was Corresponding Member of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia; the Historical and Geographical Institute of Brazil; and the American Ethnological Society of New York. As such, and in 1849 exploring parts of South America, her wrote Cordillera and Pampa, Mountain and Plain: Sketches of a Journay in Chili and the Argentine Provinces in 1849, publishe in New York in 1853.; - With notice on Title page, two pages slightly ripped, a part of paper missing at book end paper, otherwise in very good condition. deu B04-01-01J Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 444 19,5 x 12,5 cm. Original cloth with gilting decoration on book cover.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. First Edition. Red boards with decorative blind embossing and gilt imprint. Sunning on spine with faded gilt and one small spot from label removal. Light soil with bumped spine ends and corners. Binding tight. Light foxing on edges, endpapers, and text pages throughout. Text free of markings. Account from a US Navy expedition to South America where Strain spent many months travelling inland. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 295 pp. …

First edition. 8vo. Publisher's brown, blindstamped cloth, Chilean coat of arms gilt to upper board, rebacked, extremities worn, annotated throughout, newspaper clippings laid down and slips tipped in. [xii], [13]-295, [errata]pp. New York, Horace H. Moore, Having joined the US Navy at seventeen, Isaac Strain (1821-1857) led an expedition to Brazil in 1843, and five years later worked with the US Boundary Commission in exploring the peninsula of Lower California. In 1849 he departed on another expedition to South America, predominantly through Chile and Argentina. Strain was promoted to lieutenant the year following his return.   This is his account of that time and, in addition to the narrative of the expedition, this work also contains a detailed history of Chile, including the revolution. This copy is of interest for having been owned by C. Swan who was not only familiar with these parts of South America (he was there in 1821-22), but according to a note on the front free endpaper, also knew Isaac Strain. His annotations frequently clarify some of the points made in the text, and he cites Wilkes in several comparative instances, and makes a number of testy notes at the omission of dates of travel and distances.   Not in Howgego; Palau, 322846; Sabin, 92669. …