Buy this book on-line Beach, Joseph Perkins; Delgado, James P., Edited and Annotated By : The Log of Apollo; Joseph Perkins Beach's Journal of the Voyage of the Ship Apollo from New York to San Francisco, 1849The Book Club of California. 1986. San Francisco., 1986
Cloth. Dust wrapper. Illustrations. 550 copies printed by Andrew Hoyem. In the Foreword mention is made of the number of journals kept by those travelling from the East coast to California; some journals were maintained for the entire trip, others o nly for a short time, but they reflected "the personality, interests, and experiences of the writer". Joseph Perkins Beach's Cape Horn journal has elements of significance. His "father owned the ship and that he served as supercargo and captain's cl erk placed him in an important position aboard Apollo". "Since Beach was responsible in part for the sale of the cargo after Apollo reached San Francisco, his account of the last months of 1849 when the cargo was being landed and disposed of is part icularly interesting".. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: Hardcover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Beach, Joseph Perkins; Delgado, James P., Edited and Annotated By : The Log of Apollo; Joseph Perkins Beach's Journal of the Voyage of the Ship Apollo from New York to San Francisco, 1849. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres d'occasion, libri rari, livres anciens, fine bindings and first editions. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |