Willis, N ParkerBiblio.com
Wood, William MaxwellBiblio.com
Wandering Sketches of People and Things in South America Polynesia California and Other Places Visited During a Cruise on Board of the U.S. Ships Levant Portsmouth and Savannah
184920650Philadelphia: Carey and Hart 1849. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. pp. x 13-386 in publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth. Losses to spine ends corners rubbed through slightly shaken but still a better than average copy of this title which is often found in poor condition. Hill 1910: The ships made port in Rio de Janierio Valparaiso Callao Paita the Marquesas Honolulu Monterey Mazatlan Manzanillo Acapulco and Gayamas. Extensive visits were made in Rio Lima California the Gulf of California and Mexico. Woods was traveling in central Mexico when the Mexican War began and he escaped via Vera Cruz. The intelligence gathered by Wood in Mexico was instrumental to the U.S. seizure of California by Commodore Sloat in that war. Carey and Hart hardcover
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