LOSS OF THE AMERICAN BRIG COMMERCE, WRECKED ON THE WESTERN COAST OF AFRICA IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST 1815, WITH AN ACCOUNT OF TOMBUCTOO AND OF THE HITHERTO UNDISCOVERED GREAT CITY OF WASSANAH

Riley, James

Numéro d'objet:	33
Date:	1817
Genre:	Livre
Lieu:	Londres
Sujet:	Voyages

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RILEY James

Loss of the American brig Commerce, wrecked on the western coast of Africa, in the month of August, 1815, with an account of Tombuctoo, and of the hitherto undiscovered great city of Wassanah. Londres, John Murray 1817 in-4 demi-basane, dos à nerfs, pièce rouge; xvi-618 p. avec 1 carte repliée. Édition originale. (Playfair 514) Riley fut longtemps prisonnier des arabes et racheté par le consul britannique à Mogador.

1817. Riley, James. – Loss of the American brig Commerce, wrecked on the Western Coast of Africa in the month of August 1815, with an account of Tombuctoo and of the hitherto undiscovered great city of Wassanah. Hartford, U.S. : 8vo (plates and portrait). London: 4ton pp. 618 (map). Published in French (by Peltier), German and Dutch (2vols. 8vo) at Paris, Jena and Dordrecht (2vols. 8vo), in 1818.
The account of Timbuktu and Wassanah is derived from Arab report. The rest of the information regarding the same part of the Morocco coast, on which Cochelet, Adams, Paddock, Scott, Follie, Butler, Douls, and others have been enslaved, is fairly circumstantial .


Naufragé le 28 août 1815, le capitaine Riley arriva à Mogador le 25 novembre 1815, y demeura jusqu'en janvier 1816 puis rejoignit Tanger et s'embarqua pour Gibraltar fin janvier 1816.