Author: Crowninshield, Francis B.
Title: The Story of George Crowninshield's Yacht Cleopatra's Barge on a Voyage of Pleasure to the Western Island and the Mediterranean 1816 - 1817: Compiled from Journals, Letters, and Log-Book
Description: Boston, Privately Printed, 1913. Hardcover. Red cloth with gilt lettering. xii, 259 pp. 39 bw plates. Amazing adventure! Chapter 1) Introduction: telling of George Crowninshield and the story of the yacht to the beginning of the voyage, 2) The voyage, from log-book, letters, and journals, 3) Conclusion: death of the owner and wreck of Cleopatria's barge, 4) Account of the "Jefferson," the first American yacht, when she was a privateer. VG, presentation copy, minor foxing, cloth on top edge of spine loosening .

Keywords: Transportation ; Maritime - George Crowninshield's Yacht, Cleopatra's Barge ; ;


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