[LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de] Lettre signée par Edmund Fanning, George Hubbard, Silas E. Burrows, William R. Palmer, William H. Fanning et Thomas Noyes Stoningon Borough, Connecticut, 21 août 1824 1 p. in-4
Estimation :
200 / 300
Adjudication :
Invendu
Description
EXEMPLAIRE DE LAFAYETTE : INVITATION DE STONINGTON SIGNÉE PAR L’UN DES GRANDS EXPLORATEURS AMÉRICAINS : EDMUND FANNING On salue l’arrivée du “companion & compatriot of our immortal Washington" The principal signatory of this letter is the well-known explorer Edmund Fanning of Stonington (1769-1841), known as the “Pathfinder of the Pacific", responsible during his voyage in the Betsy for discovering three South Pacific islands, Fanning (or Tabuaeran), Washington (or Teraina) and Palmyra. He published his memoirs (Voyage around the world, New York, 1833).
