A Voyage in the Indian Ocean and to Bengal, Undertaken in the Year 1790, containing An Account of the Sechelles-Islands and Trincomale; The Character and Arts of the People; with some remarkable religious rites of the Inhabitants of Bengal. To which is added, a Voyage in the Red Sea; including a Description of Mocha, and of the trade of the Arabs of Yemen, With some particulars of their Manners, Customs, &c. Translated from the French of [L.D.G.], an Officer in the French Army.

Second American edition (the first US edition was published in Boston in 1803). 12mo. Contemporary full calf, rubbed, the spine with contrasting label, some foxing and browning throughout. Contemporary ink staining to the first four leaves. 311, [1]blank pp. Brattleborough, Vt., William Fessenden,

A fascinating account of a chance voyage undertaken with the object of disposing of his vessel "too large and too sharp" for the Isle of France, which took the author through the Indian Ocean to Bengal, and to Mocha on his return journey. The account is perceptive and detailed, especially in regard to the native peoples he encountered, with a particular focus on their trade.

Wilson p. 84 [citing the French edition of 1801, but no other edition].

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