Inscribed on front free endpaper: "Mr. Kennedy will please accept this volume from his old friend the author. Brooklyn May the 6th 1852." "Coggeshall wrote a clear, terse, seamanly English flavored with a dash of quiet elegance. His strength lies in his details, which he drew in abundance from his journals and records; his best writing, in fact, can stand comparison with the novels of Daniel Defoe." (DAB) In this work many of the voyages passed through the West Indies and along the coasts of Central and South America. Hill, p. 380. Sabin 14197