Title: Journal of a cruise in the U.S. Navy on the coasts of China and Japan, commencing at the date of leaving home June 26th 1866, and ending on my return to the same December 11th 1870, the time being spent on the U.S. corvette "Iroquois" and the U.S. frigate "Delaware"
Description: Contains the contents of two books. One is a journal that John Falkinburg made of a cruise he took while in the Navy to China and Japan in 1866-70. The other is a memoir that he and his wife wrote at the end of their lives, in the 1920s.
Subjects: Diaries, Sea life, History, Sailors, Cruise, 1866-1870, Description and travel, United States. Navy, United States, Iroquois (Ship), Delaware (Frigate)
Places: United States, Japan, China
People: John O. Falkinburg
Time periods: 19th century