British East India Company servant, artist, and orientalist

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Tracts relative to the island of St. Helena; written during a residence of five years / By Major-General Alexander Beatson. Illus. with views, engraved by Mr. William Daniell, from the drawings of Samuel Davis, esq.

An account of an embassy to the court of the Teshoo Lama in Tibet; containing a narrative of a journey through Bootan, and part of Tibet / by Captain Samuel Turner. To which are added, views taken on the spot, by Lieutenant Samuel Davis; and observations botanical, mineralogical, and medical, by Mr. Robert Saunders.

A discourse, delivered before the Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, June 10, 1806 / By Thaddeus Mason Harris.

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Davis, Samuel, 1760-1819

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Tracts relative to the island of St. Helena; written during a residence of five years / By Major-General Alexander Beatson. Illus. with views, engraved by Mr. William Daniell, from the drawings of Samuel Davis, esq.

A discourse, delivered before the Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, June 10, 1806 / By Thaddeus Mason Harris.