Coggeshall's Voyages: the Recollections of an American Schooner Captain-Volume 1

by George Coggeshall

Book Overview

Volume one of a classic seafaring memoir

George Coggeshall's name is a renowned one among American merchant seafaring men of the early nineteenth century. His writings on his own experiences and his history of the American Privateers are considered classics of the genre. In this, the first volume of Coggeshall's voyages, we join the author at the age of just sixteen aboard the schooner 'Charlotte'. These lively memoirs recount voyages, incidents...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1846776716
• ISBN13: 9781846776717
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Leonaur Ltd
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"