Captain George COGGESHALL (1784-1861).
Voyages to Various Parts of the World. New York: Appleton, 1851. American sea captain for 26 years, undertook privateering during the war of 1812. Pp. 213 + 2 pp ads, engraved portrait frontispiece, 4 lithographed plates. (Spotted). Original red/orange cloth, blocked in blind, the spine also lettered in gilt (worn, splitting at joints, head and foot of spine chipped).
Provenance: Captain George Parker Upshur (1799-1852, U.S.N., presentation inscription “Captain Upshur will please / accept this volume from / his old friend the / Author / Brooklyn, Sept the 2d 1851”, by descent to his nephew); Rear-Admiral John Henry Upshur (1823-1917, U.S.N., book-label).
Inscribed presentation copy of the first edition of this popular work: quite rare thus.
“George Coggeshall was the son of William and Eunice (Mallett) Coggeshall. His father was a shipmaster, and young George followed him to sea as a cabin boy in 1799 on a voyage to Cadiz. He was given his first command in 1809 and was the captain of two privateers in the War of 1812. After the war Coggeshall became a captain of merchant vessels.” (NYHS). The present work covers his entire sea-faring career: most of the voyages undertaken were between North and South America. Includes one notable voyage in 1821-1822, in the schooner ‘Sea Serpent’ between New York & Callao, Peru.
For both Upshurs, see Google.
Hill P57, and see W. Teller ‘Five Sea Captains’ (2015).
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