DU FAR-WEST A BORNÉ
1873 · Pari
by Wogan, Émile, Baron d
Pari: Didier et Cie., 1873. 359pp. Half title. Original printed wrappers. Light scattered foxing, affecting mostly early pages. Very good. The baron de Wogan, after a lengthy visit to America, set sail from San Francisco on a Pacific voyage. Much of the first two chapters (pages 11-55) is devoted to his reminiscences of California. Susbsequent chapters describe his fellow passengers aboard the Tyne (including a chapter devoted to a "nabab indou" [Hindu nabob] and his "seraglio" of two wives and one concubine); a shipboard Fourth of July celebration; harpooning a shark; rescuing survivors of a shipwreck; discourse upon British and Americans ("dog and cat"); equatorial storms; a funeral at sea; and arrival and sojourn in Borneo. MONAGHAN 1492 (Inventory #: WRCAM31056)