Delano's Voyages of Commerce and Discovery

In 1817, Amaso Delano (1763-1823), American merchant & seafarer, published his ¿Narrative¿ of three extraordinary trading voyages. He was a descendant of the shipbuilding Delanos of Duxbury, Massachusetts, a family that was engaged in Far Eastern trade for several generations & whose members included forebears of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. This account, edited by his descendant Eleanor Roosevelt Seagraves & supplemented with archival illustrations & new maps, is a superbly readable chronicle of American enterprise & adventures. Includes a Foreword by William T. La Moy, director of the James Duncan Phillips Library of the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA, & editor, ¿Peabody Essex Museum Collections.¿ Illustrations.Seagraves, Eleanor Roosevelt is the author of 'Delano's Voyages of Commerce and Discovery', published 2007 under ISBN 9781422367742 and ISBN 1422367746.