The Voyage of the Frigate Pallada [1852-1855]

Description

hardcover, 266 pp., no DJ. Pictorial blue
cloth boards in a navy slipcase.Front & Endpaper blue
voyage map, 4 maps and 8 illustrations.
UNCOMMON and hard to find edition.
first English edition of this epic voyage by the famous Russian writer Goncharov (1812-1891),
published by The Folio Society in London. Voyage from St. Petersburg, Cape of Good Hope,
Singapore, Hong Kong, Manila, Japan, to Irkutsk.
Comprehensive travelogue about the Philippines: pp219 till end; 1 Manila map and 1 cockfight illustration.
Originally published in Russian in 1858.