[SAMPSON (Abel)] &
KENDALL (Edmund Hale).
The Wonderful Adventures of Abel Sampson.
RARE FIRSTHAND ACCOUNT OF THE WAR OF 1812
An excellent copy, complete in the original wrappers depicting our author in full gravitas mode.
Abel Sampson (b.1790) went to sea on a merchant steamer at the comparatively late age of 18. His career soon changed when he was pressed on board a British Man of War in 1809. He escaped and served briefly on the Middle Passage before joining the privateer Saratoga in 1812. This was followed by a tour on the Yorktown. He claims to have captured 23 prizes through the course fo the War of 1812. Sampson reports on each of these stints.
He later sailed to Europe, India and the Caribbean.
Scarce in the trade, the last copy recorded at auction was in 1979. A Boston edition appeared in 1852 with the same pagination, though under a different title, Voyages and Travels of Capt. Abel Sampson in Europe, Asia and Africa … related by himself …
Howes, S59; not in Smith.
