"Being the Adventures of a Sailor in the Navy, Merchant Service and on a Whaling Cruise"
A voyage around the world on a man-of-war to Philadelphia, Rio de Janeiro, Cape of Good Hope, Japan, and Chile... Voyages in the Merchant service to New Orleans, Liverpool, and Sydney... A Whaling cruise out of New Bedford to Tristan da Cunha, Madagascar, Indian Ocean, Desolation (Kerguelen) Island, the Seychelles and Mauritius.
This book as printed does not credit any author but is said to be by Charles Nordhoff (1830-1901)