To India and back by the Cape / by a traveller ; with numerous drawings on wood and stone, by John Corbet Anderson, from sketches by the author and others.
Published / Created:
Croydon : Published by John C. Anderson, 1858.
Physical Description:
[4], 28, [2] p., 18 [i.e. 19] leaves of plates : ill., map ; 32 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts G137 .A53 1858+ OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
By C.R. Francis.Includes wood-engraved illustrations, and a map, within the text; two of these are signed: W. Earl.Printed by W.H. Crockford, Blackheath Road, Greenwich."Subscriber's copy."--Title page."List of subscribers."--[2] p. at end.BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's original gilt- and blind-stamped blue cloth.
Contents:
Lithographs: 1. Madeira -- 2. Teneriffe -- 3. Crossing the line -- 4. Off Martin Vas, and Trinidad -- 5. Trastan da Cunha -- 5a. Off the Cape, in 40° south, sighting an iceberg -- 6. The Mauritius -- 7. Ceylon -- 8. Madras -- 9. At the sand-heads -- 10. Calcutta -- 11. Bombay -- 12. After a hurricane, off the Mauritius -- 13. Off the Cape -- 14. Table Bay -- 15. St. Helena -- 16. Ascension -- 17. Home -- 18. (Thirteen figures of sea creatures).
Subject Terms:
Voyages and travels. | Indian Ocean Region -- Description and travel. | Atlantic Ocean -- Description and travel. | Anderson, John C. -- Publisher. | Crockford, W. H. -- Printer.
Form/Genre:
Wood engravings -- 1858. | Lithographs -- 1858.
Contributors:
Anderson, John Corbet, 1827–1907, ill. | Earl, W., fl. 1857–1867, engraver.