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BOWREY, THOMAS The papers of Thomas Bowrey, 1669-1713. Part I Diary of a Six Weeks' Tour in 1698 in Holland and Flanders Part II The Story of the Mary Galley 1704-1710
London Hakluyt Society 1927 Hard Cover Very Good
'Discovered in 1913 by John Humphreys, M.A., F.S.A. and now in the possession of Lieut.-Colonel Henry Howard, F.S.A. Edited by Sir Richard Carnac Temple, bt. Second Series: No. 58. 398 pages, 7 plates, 6 maps (1 folding), 1 folding plan, 1 folding diagram, cloth, very good. Contents: Diary of a six weeks' tour in 1698 in Holland and Flanders.--The story of the Mary Galley, 1704-1710. From the preface: The romance of the discovery of the Papers, of which two sections now published form but a small fraction, is told in the Introduction. These two sections are the story of Bowrey's trip to the Netherlands in 1698 in his yacht the Duck and the history of the Mary Galley, 1704-1710, an East Indiaman belonging chiefly to him. They are illustrated and supplemented by information from contemporary works and whenever possible from unpublished MSS.
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150.00 USD
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