The Journal of John Wilson, Surgeon on a Whaling Voyage to the Pacific Ocean 1839-1843. Ye Galleon press specialized in cheap reprints of classic whaling and exploration texts, usually prettified, slender volumes. This massive effort must have been a high point for them. With lengthy introduction, notes, index and scholarly apparatus. Honre Forster is a scholar in the field, best known for his useful bibliography, “South Sea Whaling.” He does yeoman work here. In publisher’s binding. As new condition.
