1890 The Cruise of the 'Alerte': The Narrative of a Search for Treasure on the Desert Island of Trinidad

Description

First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding

The very scarce first edition of this work. 

In the original cloth binding. 

A detailed account of Edward Frederick Knight's voyage to Trinidade in a 64-foot yawl named the Alerte.

At the time, it was the only detailed written account of the island, describing it as if it was uninhabited despite it being populated at the time. 

The work is illustrated with a frontispiece of the Alerte, seventeen monochrome plates, five in-text woodcuts and two further plates containing coloured maps. 

Collated, complete. 

With sixteen pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear.