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[OSGOOD, JOSEPH BARLOW FELT], Notes of Travel Or Recollections of Majunga, Zanzibar, Muscat, Aden, Mocha, And Other Eastern Ports.
Salem, [Mass.]: Published by George Creamer [Ives and Pease, Printers.], 1854. First edition. 8vo. x, [2], 253 pp. Original brown blind stamped cloth, small stain at top of inner margins, else very nice copy. Winterton 651 (rebound); Not in Smith. ΒΆ On the 93th day out of Salem, Osgood's ship anchored in Majunga, a town in northwest Madagascar. He then travelled to Zanzibar. He visits the palace of the Imam, describing the social life inside the Harem and the great influence of the Arabs who rule the country. In Oman he describes the activities of Arab traders with India and East Africa. In Yemen Osgood gives a detailed account of the political upheaval after the death of Imam of San'a. A large part of the book outlines the importance of the port of Mocha as the main base for Turkish forces in South Arabia
Offered for US$ 3750.00 by: James Cummins Bookseller - Book number: 220199