A Cruise in the U.S. Steam frigate Mississippi, Wm. C. Nicholson Captain, to China and Japan, from July 1857 to February 1860

first edition 76pp. 8vo

1860 · Boston

by Gragg, William F.
Boston: Famrell & Moore, 1860. First edition. 76pp. 8vo. Publisher's wrappers, foxing, dampstaining. Provenance: Thomas B. Nalle (signature on wrapper). First edition. 76pp. 8vo. This copy with provenance to Thomas B. Nalle, who served as the purser aboard the ship on the expedition.

The USS Mississippi had initially served as part of Perry's expedition, but returned to the China Sea in 1857, captained by William Nicholson, to protect American interests during the Second Opium War. The present account of the voyage by a surgeon's steward on board includes an eyewitness account of the First Battle of Taku Forts, a description of the installation (truncated)
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