Description: Book Description—Captain Harry Dean, The Pedro Gorino—The Adventures of a Negro Sea Captain in Africa and on the Seven Seas in his attempts to Found an Ethiopian Empire—An Autobiographical Narrative. Boston and New York—Houghton-Mifflin, 1929, 262 pages. First Edition. 6 ½” x 8 ½”. Faded gilt title on green textured boards. Date written in ink on inside cover. Otherwise very good condition with tight binding and clean pages. This is the autobiographical narrative of African American Captain Harry Dean, who traveled all over the earth. In his ship, the Pedro Gorino, he went up and down the coasts of Africa, trading in gold, diamonds, ivory, and ostrich plumes. In Basutoland, King Lerothodi and Queen Baring tried to help him build the nucleus of a Black empire. A fascinating autobiographical account.
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Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Author: Captain Harry Dean
Publisher: Houghton-Mifflin
Topic: Sea Stories
Subject: Memoir
Original/Facsimile: Original
