Sales catalogue 625: Maggs Bros

Date:
1936
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/13/162
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 625: Maggs Bros. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Manby (Thomas)—continued. is grown Havughty, Proud, Mean and Insolent, which has kept himself and officers in a con- tinual state of wrangling during the whole of the Voyage cores ‘““We have not as yet circumnavigated the Globe, though we have passed through its four Quarters. In the middle of August we arrived at Nootka, where we found the Daedalus Trans- port sent out to us with an abundant supply of Stores and Provisions. She had met with a most melancholy accident at Whahoo, one of the Sandwich Islands, where the Agent, Lieut. Hergest, and Mr. Gooch, the Astronomer, with one man, were treacherously cut off by the savages. The Lieut. of the Chatham (Lt. Joseph Baker) was appointed Agent, and the Master of his vessel, Lieut. (Jas. Johnstone) Swaine, the other Mate of the Discovery, into the vacant Birth of Master. “Capt. Vancouver now applied to the Spanish Commander Don Quadra for the Port of Nootka with its territories, which the Spaniard promised to comply with, only begged to remain till his Vessels were fitted for Sea, when he would strike the Spanish colours and leave the Port, agreeable to the late Convention. One of the houses was cleared for us in which were lodged the major part of the stores brought out in the Transport. _ _“Three weeks had elapsed when to our great surprise the Dons began to equivocate, and informed Capt. Van that though they left the place in our possession, they should not relinquish their claim of its still belonging to his Catholic Majesty . . . . the Daedalus took her cargo on board and Mr. Mudge was sent by the way of China to proceed home with all expedition. Swaine was promoted Licut. into the Discovery and your humble servant took the station of Master in the Chatham. Our vessels being in readiness, left this famous place and proceeded to the Southward for winter quarters . . . The Spaniards offer’d their ser- vices to convey any intelligence across the Continent by way of Mexico, which was readily accepted, and Lieutenant Broughton appointed to this pleasant Journey . . . . ; “Capt. Van has got quite fat, though has not as yet got clear of his cough. His language to his Officers is too bad, and I am sorry to say his pursuring business, and a trade he has carried on are unbecoming the Character of an Officer in his Honorable and exalted station. Whitby and Puget (Peter Puget, after whom Puget Sound was named, became a Rear Adm. in 1821) remain the same honest and worthy friends I ever supposed them ca [158] MANHEIM (F.). Affecting History of the Dreadful Distresses of Frederic Manheim’s Family: to which are added, the Sufferings of John Corbly’s Family.—An Encounter between a White Man and two Savages.—Extraordinary Bravery of a Woman.—Adventures of Capt. Isaac Stewart.—Deposition of Massy Herbeson.— Adventures and Sufferings of Peter Wilkinson.—Remarkable Adventures of Jackson Johannot. With an Account of the Destruction of the Settlements at Wyoming. With engraved frontispiece of the Indians torturing two girls. 8vo. Original wrappers, uncut. Philadelphia, Henry Sweitzer, 1800. £12 12s [159] MANTE (Thomas). The History of the Late War in North-America, and the Islands of the West-Indies, including the Campaigns of 1763 and 1764 against His Majesty’s Indian enemies. With the 18 folding maps and plans. Original Edition. Thick 4to. Original calf. London, 1772. | £65 ‘““Mante was an engineer officer, but did not see any service in the war until its last year. - His writings, which shew that he was a well-informed historian, are distinguished for their accuracy and general impartiality. The fine large beautiful plans and maps give the work great value, few copies having them all.” | “The Introduction gives an account of Washington’s escape, in 1753, from assassination by an Indian who acted as his guide and interpreter. The history gives an account of the causes which led to the war, and a detailed narrative of its various military operations, from the beginning to the end, together with two subsequent campaigns against the Indians, the last being that of Pontiac’s War.” The maps and plans comprise: Fort Beau Sejour, Lake Ontario, Lake George, Plan of Fort Edward, Communication between Albany and Oswego, Part of Island of Cape Breton, Attack of Ticonderoga, Fort Pitt, Guadaloupe, Attack on Quebec, Sketch of the Cherokee Country, The River St. Lawrence from Lake Ontario to Montreal, Attack on Fort Levi, River St. Lawrence from Montreal to the Island of St. Barnaby, Martinique, St. Lucia, Attack on Havana, Retaking of Newfoundland. a7]
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