An American Cruiser in the East Travels and Studies in the Far East

Description

pp. 537 (index), full cloth, gilted pictorial relief, with decorative appearance.
2nd edition, same year as the first edition, published by A.S. Barnes & Co., New York.
This second edition includes a chapter specifically dedicated to
the Battle of Manila. Sections PH: pp 432-442 and pp 469 till the end;
Also notes on the Aleutian Islands, Behring’s Sea; Eastern Siberia, Japan, Korea,
China, Formosa, Hong Kong, and the Philippine Islands by a fleet engineer of the
US Pacific Station.
Rear Admiral John D. Ford (1840-1918) entered the Navy as a third assistant engineer in 1862.
Ford worked his way through the ranks while progressing his education in mechanical
engineering. He was fleet engineer for the Pacific Squadron in 1898, serving aboard the USS
Baltimore during the Battle of Manila Bay for Admiral of the Navy George Dewey.