Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Reynolds, J. N. (Jeremiah N.), 1799-1858
Title:
Voyage of the United States frigate Potomac, under the command of Commodore John Downes, during the circumnavagation of the globe, in the years 1831, 1832, 1833, and 1834 : including a particular account of the engagement at Quallah-Battoo, on the coast of Sumatra : with all the official documents relating to the same / by J.N. Reynolds ; illustrated by several engravings.
Alternate Title(s):
Journal of a voyage round the world
Published / Created:
New-York : Published by Harper & Brothers, No. 82 Cliff-Street, and sold by the principal booksellers throughout the United States, 1835.
Physical Description:
[7], vi-x, [1], vi-x, [1], 12-560 pages, [10] leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1835, by Harper & Brothers, in the Clerk's Office of the Southern District of New-York."--Title page verso.
Subject Terms:
Downes, John, 1784–1854. | Potomac (Frigate). | Voyages around the world. | United States -- History, Naval. | Sumatra (Indonesia -- Description and travel | Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809–1849 -- Ownership. | Schreiber, Carl F. (Carl Frederick), 1886–1960 -- Bookplate. | Somers Library -- Provenance.
Form/Genre:
Travel literature -- 1831-1834. | Aquatints -- 1835. | Engravings -- 1835. | Annotations (Provenance) -- 20th century.
Contributors:
Dick, Archibald L., approximately 1805–approximately 1855, engraver. | Hammond, John T., approximately 1820– engraver. | Smith, George Girdler, 1795–1878, engraver. | Archer, James, engraver. | Searle, J., illustrator. | DeMeillon, H. O., illustrator. | Harper & Brothers, publisher.