Delano's Voyages of Commerce and Discovery Amasa Delano in China, the Pacific Islands, Australia, and South America, 1789-1807

Seafaring merchant Amasa Delano kept adventure-filled journals through three globe-girdling commercial voyages that now offer a keen view of customs, culture, & trade two hundred years ago. Read the stories that inspired Herman Melville, Nordhoff, & Hall. Lively & readable, Delano's work gives a fascinating account of the world before industrialization, & it is as accessible to today's reader as it was in 1817. An excellent contemporary companion to Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturia novels.Delano, Amasa is the author of 'Delano's Voyages of Commerce and Discovery Amasa Delano in China, the Pacific Islands, Australia, and South America, 1789-1807' with ISBN 9780936399560 and ISBN 0936399562.