Stevens, James Wilson:

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AN HISTORICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT OF ALGIERS; CONTAINING A CIRCUMSTANTIAL AND INTERESTING DETAIL OF EVENTS RELATIVE TO THE AMERICAN CAPTIVES. Second edition, after the first of 1797 printed in Philadelphia (with Stevens' name misspelled Stephens on thte titlepage). The book is divided in two main parts. The first is a history of Algiers, including an account of the occupation of Algiers by the Spaniards, wars in the region, depredations committed by the Algerines against American commerce and the enslavement of American seamen, and treaty negotiations. The second part of the work comprises a lengthy description of the country's geography, demographics, and political and religious landscape, along with informative or sometimes humorous anecdotes. "One of the first books printed in Brooklyn" - Sabin.

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