{"product_id":"wonderful-adventures-abel-sampson-i7ftiq5b","title":"The Wonderful Adventures of Abel Sampson.","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn excellent copy, complete in the original wrappers depicting our author in full gravitas mode.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbel 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 \u003cem\u003eSaratoga\u003c\/em\u003e in 1812. This was followed by a tour on the \u003cem\u003eYorktown\u003c\/em\u003e. He claims to have captured 23 prizes through the course of the War of 1812. Sampson reports on each of these stints.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe later sailed to Europe, India, and the Caribbean.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eScarce 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, \u003cem\u003eVoyages and Travels of Capt. Abel Sampson in Europe, Asia and Africa … related by himself\u003c\/em\u003e …\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHowes, S59; not in Smith.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Maggs Bros.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47857951867037,"sku":"259998","price":1750.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0669\/0045\/9677\/files\/259998_01.jpg?v=1778505907","url":"https:\/\/store.maggs.com\/products\/wonderful-adventures-abel-sampson-i7ftiq5b","provider":"Maggs Bros.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}