African Memoranda; relative to an attempt to establish a British Settlement on the Island of Bulama,

£700 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

A narrative of a curious episode in the history of the colonisation of Africa, recounting Beaver’s experiences of establishing a settlement on Bulama, an island near Sierra Leone. The scheme proved disastrous. His settlers were a pretty hopeless crowd, many of whom died as a result of illness and fatigue and Beaver was forced to abandon the settlement and return with the survivors to England. His decision to stand by the colonists meant disregarding an Admiralty Order to report at once for service at the outbreak of war, but the authorities felt his decision was justified and he was appointed First Lieutenant on H.M.S. Stately. Beaver died at Cape Town in 1813.

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