The Life and Services of Captain Philip Beaver, late of His Majesty's Ship Nisus

by William Henry Smyth

$450 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

xv, 340 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green cloth, printed paper label. Very good plus paper label rubbed and toned . Bookplate. Item #366865 Biography of British naval officer Philip Beaver, who served in the East Indies, the Mediterranean, and early in his career led an unsuccessful colonization attempt to the island of Bulama off the coast of Sierra Leone. Beaver's career was built on high standards of professional conduct that attracted

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