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Africana; Hawthorne, Nathaniel editor; [Bridge, Horatio] JOURNAL OF AN AFRICAN CRUISER; Comprising Sketches of the Canaries, The Cape De Verds, Liberia, Madeira, Sierra Leone, and Other Places of Interest on the West Coast of Africa. By an Officer of the U. S. Navy. Edited by Nathaniel Hawthorne Aberdeen by George Clark and Son, and London: S. Richardson 1848

First English printing. 12mo, original cloth gilt lettered. 306, [iv]. A very good and pleasing copy with essentially no foxing.

VERY SCARCE. The first true English printing in the original cloth binding.
This edition, printed in Aberdeen, is bound with The Narrative of the Hon. John Byron, an Account of the Great Distresses Suffered by Himself and his Companions on the Coast of Patagonia, &c. Written by Himself.
Horatio Bridge was a fellow student of Nathaniel Hawthorne's at Bowdoin College. He wrote a personal account of Hawthorne and later, this work which reflected his experiences as an officer in the navy. It is written in journal form and the author remarks that he was particularly interested in the progress of Liberia. Regarding this, he states that he is neutral--neither an abolitionist or a colonizationist. The areas he covers are: Cape Verds, Cape Mesurado, Cape Palmas, Monrovia, Liberia, Sinoe, Madeira, El Mina and Sierra Leone, among others.
Of particular interest to those interested in Africana, the pre-Civil War era, colonization, and African-American history.

$US1500

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