Hiram Paulding

Journal Of A Cruise Of The United States Schooner Dolphin Among The Islands Of The Pacific Ocean (1831)

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Produktbeschreibung

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. April 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 382g
• ISBN-13: 9781104254674
• ISBN-10: 1104254670
• Artikelnr.: 26227807

Autorenporträt

Hiram Paulding was a rear admiral in the United States Navy who served during the War of 1812 and during the Civil War. Paulding, John Paulding's son, was born in Cortlandt, New York. On September 1, 1811, he was appointed as a midshipman. During the War of 1812, he served on Lakes Ontario and Champlain, leading the second division from Ticonderoga at the Battle of Lake Champlain. Following the war, he served on Constellation off the Algerian coast, as well as Independence, the brig Prometheus, and the Macedonian. In the following years of the decade, he worked in Sea Gull on the West Indies station and in the United States on the Pacific Station. While serving in the United States, Paulding was picked to transport Commodore Hull's dispatches from Callao, Peru, to General Simon Bolivar's mountain headquarters in the Andes; Paulding's 1,500-mile horseback ride was later documented in his book, Bolivar in His War Camp. The next year, he volunteered to service on the Dolphin under John "Roaring Jack" Percival while that vessel hunted mutineers from the whaler Globe, before returning to the United States.