The Loss of the Tigris. A Poem. In Two Cantos. With notes. Inscribed to the Commander, Officers, and Men of the Euphrates Expedition.

£225 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

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A scarce and fascinating addition to the literature on the Euphrates Expedition; pages 35 to 63 contain letters and notes relating to the disaster which befell the Tigris , which sank on 21 May 1836. The appendix also contains a list of individuals lost, and the monuments erected in their memory.

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