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An authentic narrative of the loss of the American brig Commerce, wrecked on the western coast of Africa, in the month of August, 1815. : With an account of the sufferings of her surviving officers and crew, who were enslaved by the wandering Arabs, on the great African desart , or Zahahrah; and observations historical, geographical, &c. made during the travels of the author, while a slave to the Arabs, and in the empire of Morocco. / By James Riley, late master and supercargo. ; Preceded by a brief sketch of the author's life; and concluded by a description of the famous city of Tombuctoo, on the River Niger, and of another large city, far south of it, on the same river, called Wassanah; narrated to the author at Mogadore, by Sidi Hamet, the Arabian merchant. ; With an Arabic and English vocabulary. ; Illustrated and embellished with ten handsome copperplate engravings.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Riley, James, 1777-1840.
- Series:
- Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 41989.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Riley, James, 1777-1840.
- Riley, James.
- Riley, James, 1777-1840--Portraits.
- Commerce (Brig).
- Slavery--Africa, North.
- Slavery.
- North Africa.
- Africa, North--Description and travel.
- Africa, North.
- Sahara--Description and travel.
- Sahara.
- Genre:
- Maps -- Africa, West.
- Maps -- Africa, North.
- Portraits.
- Physical Description:
- xiv pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 554, xvi pages, 10 unnumbered leaves of plates, (one folded) : illustrations, 1 map, 1 portrait ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New-York: : Printed and published for the author by T. & W. Mercein, no. 93 Gold-Street., 1817.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Notes:
- Spine title: Capt. Riley's Narrative.
- Frontispiece portrait of James Riley signed: Carman pt.; Gimbrede sc.
- Plates 2-9 engraved by Thomas Gimbrede, Alexander Anderson, William Hooker, Benjamin Tanner, and Biddle Merchant, after illustrations by J. Carman, J.R. Smith, and William Laughton, Jr.
- The map is drawn by John H. Eddy, and engraved by W. Hooker.
- Copyright Oct. 3, 1816, by James Riley.
- Errors in paging: p. 324, 442 misnumbered 224, 342.
- "Errata."--p. [xv].
- "This vocabulary was furnished the author by his benefactor, William Willshire, Esq. British Vice Consul and American consular agent at Mogadore, or Swearah. It has since been revised in New-York by the Baron Lescalier, late Consul General of the French empire in the United States of America, who is versed in the Oriental languages."--p. [i], 3rd count.
- "The Arabic alphabet."--p. [ii], 3rd count.
- Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 41989).
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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