Narrative Of The Adventures And Sufferings Of Samuel Patterson, Experienced In The Pacific Ocean, And Many Other Parts Of The World, With An Account Of The Feegee, And Sandwich Islands Patterson, Samuel Americana,Canada,Howes,Maritime,Western

xii, [13]-144 pp. Contemporary ink ownership inscription of Joshua Fiske of Sturbridge, dated June 3, 1817. Foxed, generally lightly. Two small pinholes, each barely affecting a letter. Bound in original calf, red morocco spine title label. Slight chip to spine head, Good+. "This book is very important for its description of Fiji and Hawaii. It also relates to the coast of Guinea, Havana, Guadeloupe, California, the northwest coast of America, Australia, and Canton. Patterson made three voyages to the northwest coast, visiting Queen Charlotte Islands and Nootka Sound on Vancouver Island, where he had much trouble with the Indians. The visit to California was to trap otter, carrying a large number of Indians as passengers from Sitka, together with their canoes, at the request of the Russian authorities in Alaska. Patterson visited Hawaii in 1805, and he was shipwrecked on Fiji in 1808" [Hill]. He was marooned for six months in Fiji, the result of a shipwreck. "RARE. Contains the Narrative of three successive voyages (1802--1808) to California and the Northwest Coast, Alaska, and what is now British Columbia. On his first voyage to Nootka, Patterson made the acquaintance of John R. Jewitt and tells of the massacre of his companions by the natives" [Eberstadt- internal quotation marks omitted]. Howes calls this the second issue of the first edition, preceded by a Rhode Island issue. That Rhode Island issue, printed in Providence, was auctioned In 1907 by the Anderson Company. We have encountered no other record of its existence. Hill 1315. 114 Eberstadt 652. Howes P122. Sabin 59145.