5486 SHELVOCKE (Capt. George) A Voyage Round the World by Way of the Great South Sea, 1719-22, in the "Speedwell" (to cruise on the Spaniards) until she was cast away on the Island of Juan Fernandez, afterwards continued in the "Recovery," the "Jesus Maria,” and “Sacra Familia," second edition, revised and republished by George Shelvocke, Junior, chart and 4 plates, Svo, calf. 1757 £1 Shelvocke made several captures on the Coast of Peru, and discovered gold in California (August, 1721). 5488 [CARTAGENA.] A Genuine and Particular Account of the Taking of Carthagena by the French and Buccaniers in the Year 1697, by the Sieur de Pointis, Commander in Chief; with Account of the Original of Carthagenæ in 1532, &c. 5489 Reprinted by BURNEY, Collection of Voyages (Vol. IV. pp. 303-329). A Geographical Description of the Coasts, Harbours, and Sea Ports of the Spanish West-Indies; particularly of Portobello, Cartagena, and the Island of Cuba, from the Spanish of Domingo Gonzales Carranza; with Capt. Parker's Account of the Taking of the Town of Porto Bello, with plans, 8vo (pp. xii-132), half-calf. 1740 £2 10s With chart and plans of Havannah, Portobello, Cartagena, and Vera Cruz. 5490 5491 5492 5493 5494 5495 Old England for Ever; or, Spanish Cruelty Display'd......the Whole intended to give a Clear Prospect of the [West Indies], which is now the Seat of War, with folding plate-Cutting off Jenkins's Ear'-12mo, calf, gilt edges. 1740 £3 10s An Account of the Expedition to Cartagena, with Explanatory Notes and Observations (pp. iv-58), 8vo, half-calf. 1743 12s A Journal of the Expedition to Cartagena, with Notes in answer to a late Pamphlet entitled‘An Account of the Expedition,' &c. (pp. 59), 8vo, half-calf. 128 Original Papers Relating to the Expedition to Cartagena, 8vo (pp. iv-154), half-calf. 1744 1744 14s Authentic Papers Relating to the Expedition against Cartagena; being the Resolutions of the Councils of War both of Seaand-Land-Officers......with Copies of Letters which passed between Admiral Vernon and General Wentworth, 8vo (pp. iv-100), halfcalf. 1744 148 Admiral Vernon and the Navy, with Sundry Sidelights on his Times, by DOUGLAS M. FORD, 8vo, cloth. 1907 63 Letters of Admiral Vernon to his Wife, 1741. See LAUGHTON, Naval Miscellany, Vol. I. 1902. Admiral Vernon captured Portobello and bombarded Cartagena in 1739, and attacked Chagres in 1740. An attempt on Cartagena in 1741 failing, he returned home. 5496 5497 5498 Portrait of General Blakeney, 8vo 1s 1s General Blakeney, Medallion, engraved Sherlock, 8vo General Blakeney, another (three-quarter), with view of Fleet off Minorca, 8vo Gen. Blakeney accompanied Vernon to Cartagena, 1741. 2s Narrative of the Expedition to Cartagena in 1741. See SMOLLETT'S Works, 1900, Vol. XII. CARTAGENA. Massachusetts in Vernon's Expedition, 1740-41, by W. K. Watkins. portraits. See SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS, 1899, below, p. 537. *See also Entick's Naval History, 1757. Carlyle, Life of Frederick the Great. Burrows, Life of Lord Hawke, 1883. Fortescue, History of the British Army (book vii. c. iii.). Vol. II. 1899. 5501 ANSON (Commodore) Voyage Round the World, 1740-44, by RICHARD WALTER, with 42 folding plates, small 4to, calf. 1767 168 When Vernon was sent to Cartagena, Aason went out to plunder the Spaniards in the Pacific. Though he lost most of his vessels and men, it was reported that he returned laden with more spoil than had fallen to the lot of any previous commander. 5502 Octavo Edition, with Charts of the World, Southern Parts of S. America, and Spanish Chart of the North Pacific, calf. 1748 6s ATLAS, of Forty-two Charts and Views, to accompany the 8vo Edition of the Text, royal 4to, boards. 1748 5503 6s The following are the Plates: St. Catherines (2), Cape Blanco, Port St. Julian, and C. Virgin Mary, Patagonia (7), Terra-del-Fuego, Straits Le Maire, &c. (3), Chart of Southern Part of S. America (1), Juan Fernandez and Masafuero (8), Bay and Harbour, Coast of Chili (1), Payta (2), Quibo Island, Panama (5), Acapulco (2), Tinian, Ladrone Islands (6), Chart and View Philippines (3), Chinese Vessels (1), Copy of a Spanish Chart of the North Pacific, showing the Sandwich Islands (1). 5505 True and Impartial Journal of Anson's Voyage, with Accounts of Chili, Peru, Mexico, and China, and Appendix, Tables of Longitudes, &c., by PASCOE THOMAS, 8vo, calf. 1745 10s 5507 HOUSTON (James, M.D.) Memoirs of his Life and Travels in Asia, Africa, America, and most Parts of Europe from 1690 to the present Time, giving Account of the Scottish Expedition to Darien, the two great trading African and South-Sea Companies; the late Expedition to the Spanish West-Indies; the Taking and Restitution of Cape Breton, 12mo, half-calf. 1753 15s Houston was surgeon to the Assiento Companies' factories in America, and for many years resident in Jamaica, trading to Central America and the Spanish Isthmus. 5508 CUBA. Historical Views of the Last Glorious Expedition of H.M. Forces against the Havannah, 1762. Twelve Copperplate Views of H.M. Ships under Command of Sir George Pocock, the Earl of Albemarle and Rear-Admiral Keppel, by Lieut. PHILIP ORSBRIDGE, drawn by D. Serres, engraved by P. C. Canot, each 26 in. by 18 in., with engraved frontispiece, 1 vol. large folio, half-morocco. [1763 ?] £14 1. The Fleet of Vessels sailing down the Old Bahama Straits, 2nd June, 1762. 4. Landing of the Forces near Fort Baccuranao, June 7th. 5. Landing and Marching of the Troops towards Fort Cojimar, June 7th. 6. Attacking and Taking the Castle and Batteries of Choera, June 11th. 8. Attack on the Moro Castle, July 1st. 9. Storming and Entering the Breach of the Moro, July 30th. 10. Grand Attack of the City and Punto Castle, August 13th. 11. The Land Forces in Flat Boats going to take Possession, August 14th. 12. The Fleet entering the Harbour to take Possession, August 16th. 5509 Plates 2, 5, 6, 9, 10 separately each £1 5510 CUBA. Six Copperplate Views of Havana, by Lieut. ELIAS DURNFORD, engraved by Elliott, Morris, Canot, and Rooker, each 21 in. by 14 in. [1763 ?] the Set 5511 1. The Harbour and City from the Road between la Regla and Guanavacoa, 2. The Entrance of the Harbour. 5512 3. The Franciscan Church and Convent. 4. The City from near Col. Howe's Battery. 5513 5. The Harbour and City from Jesu del Monte. 6. The Market Place. £4 Prospect of the Moro Castle, from within the Entrance of the Harbour, by an Officer, 16 in. by 10 in. [1762] (Willock & Boydell) 10s Prospect of the Moro Castle and Havana from Sea, by an Officer, 16 in. by 10 in. 1762 (Willock & Boydell) 14s New Chart of the Seas Surrounding Cuba, and Map of the Island, with inset Plan of Havana Harbour and Town, by an Officer, 15 in. by 11 in., coloured. (London Mag.) 1762 2s 6d Plan of the Straits of Bahama, 1762, 8 in. by 5 in. (London Mag.) Is Plan of the City and Harbour of Havana, 5 in. by 8 in. (London Mag.) 5514 5515 5516 66 1s The Form of Landing the Troops and Sketches of the Reppon," Oxford," Dragon,' Temeraire,' Edgar," and 'Pembroke," 8 in. by 10 in. (London Mag.) 66 Capture of Havana, 1762, including Putnam's Orderly Book, by W. K. Watkins, portraits. SOCIETY COLONIAL WARS, 1899. 5517 DOMINICA. View of Roseau, Dominique, with the Attack made by Lord Rollo and Sir James Douglass in 1760, drawn by Lt. ARCH. CAMPBELL,* engraved by J. Peake, 21 in. by 14 in. [1762?] £1 * Afterwards Major-General, and Governor of Jamaica, Sir Arch. Campbell. 5518 Chart of the Island of Dominica, with enlarged plan of Prince Rupert's Bay, 19 in. by 25 in. (Jeffreys). 1775 6s 5520 GUADELOUPE. Carte de La Guadeloupe, Mariegalante, &c., par Bellin, 30 in. by 19 in., coloured. 1759 5521 5522 7s Plan of the English Attack on the Island of Guadeloupe, Jan. 23rd, 1759, showing position of the Vessels, 7 in. by 4 in. (London Mag.) 1s 6d Three Views of Fort Royal in the Island of Guadeloupe in 1759, by Lieut. ARCH. CAMPBELL, engraved by Benazech, Grignion, and Mazell, each 21 in. by 14 in. [1762?] £3 5523 HAYTI, and ST. DOMINIGO. Carte de l'Isle de St. Domingue (Frezier et de Lisle), 22 in. by 18 in. coloured [1730 ?] 5524 48 Isles de Saint Domingue et de la Martinique [inset 7 in. by 6 in.], par le Sr. Robert, 21 in. by 19 in. Paris, 1750 3s 5525 MARTINIQUE. La Martinique......dressée par Le Rouge, 26 in. by 20 in., coloured. Paris, 1753 Map of Martinico, by Kitchin, 10 in. by 7 in. [1761] 5s 1s 6d 2s 1s 5529 TOBAGO, Map of, by Jeffreys, with Plans of Courland and Man of War Bays, 22 in. by 18 in., coloured, 1765 6s 5531 GARDINER (Capt. Richard) An Account of the Expedition to the West Indies, against Martinico, with the Reduction of Guadeloupe, and other of the Leeward Islands, subject to the French King; also French translation: Relation de l'Expedition aux Indes Occidentales, both third editions, 4 plates, 1 vol. 4to, half-calf. Birmingham (Baskerville), 1762 £1 4s 5533 BURNEY (Admiral James), Chronological History of Voyages and Discoveries in the South Sea, or Pacific Ocean, map and plates, 5 vols, royal 4to, calf. 1803-17 £7 10s This Collection contains narratives of all the Voyages in the Pacific from the time of its Discovery by Balboa and the Passage of the Straits by Magellan (1520) to that of Anson, 1743. The fourth volume treats of the Buccaneers and Filibusters in the West Indies-Mansvelt, Morgan, van Horn, Grammont, John Cook, Capt. Swan, Grognet, de Pointis (including the Siege and Plunder of Panama and Cartagena), from 1664 till their suppression in 1722. 5531 RODNEY (Admiral Lord) Life and Correspondence of, edited by Admiral Rodney Mundy, 2 vols. 8vo, cloth. 1830 10s 5535 English Men of Action Series, by David Hannay, 12mo, cl. 2s Rodney was Governor of Newfoundland, 1748-52, Commander on the Leeward Island Station, 1761; he captured Martinique, St. Lucia, Grenada, and St. Vincent in 1762; commanded in Jamaica, 1771-74; fought with Admiral Guichen and seized St. Eustatius, 1781; with Lord Hood defeated De Grasse off Dominica, 1782. 5536 KEPPEL. The Life of Augustus Viscount KEPPEL, by Hon. and 10s Admiral Keppel was Commodore of the Fleet which carried Braddock and his troops to North America and took part in the expedition to the West Indies and the. Capture of Havannah, 1762 (see Vol. I., pp. 338-375). Rev. Thomas Keppel, portrait, 2 vols, 8vo, cloth. 1842 5537 HAWKE. Life of Edward Lord Hawke, with some Account of the Origin of the English Wars in the Reign of George II. and the State of the Navy in that Period, by Capt. and Prof. MONTAGU BURROWS, portrait, 8vo, cloth. 1883 98 18 6d Hawke served in the West Indies and with the squadron off Portobello, 1725-27; under Challoner at Jamaica, 1732; protected Barbados and adjacent islands, 1739-42. The volume contains references to the doings of Anson, Boscawen, Byng, Howe, Hosier, Keppel, Knowles, Lestock, Mathews, Palliser, Pocock, Rodney, Saunders, Vernon, and others. 5539 CORBETT. Drake and the Tudor Navy, with a History of the Rise of England as a Maritime Power, by JULIAN S. CORBETT, portraits, plates, and charts, 2 vols. 8vo, cloth. 5540 1898 128 The Successors of Drake, 4 portraits (2 photogravures), 12 maps and plans, 8vo, cloth. 1900 See also Edwards (Bryan) History of the West Indies. Locker, Celebrated Naval Commanders, 1832. Southey (Capt. Thomas) History of the West Indies, 3 vols. 1827. Laughton, From Howard to Nelson, 1899. 10s NAVAL HISTORIES of Lediard, Berkley, Entick, Beatson, Schomberg (Chronology), Low, Clowes, &c. REGIMENTAL RECORDS: 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 15, 17, 22, 24, 27, 28, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 40, 42, 43, 46, 47, 48, 56, 58, 60, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 68, 76, 90, 95, 97, 98, 100 Foot, and R. Marines. FRANCE AND ENGLAND IN NORTH AMERICA. Including Indian Wars, 17th-18th Century. 5541 PARKMAN (Francis) Historical Works, maps, portraits, and plans, 12 vols. 8vo, cloth. 1899 £5 Sold separately: 5542 Pioneers of France in the New World, portrait of Menendez and 2 maps 8s 6d Ponce de Leon, Pamphilo de Narvaez, De Soto, and other Spaniards; Villegagnon, Ribault, Laudonniere, and the Huguenots in Florida, their massacre by the Spaniard Menendez, and Dominique de Gourges's revenge; Cartier, Champlain, Lescarbot, the Jesuits, and hostile sects in Canada and Acadia, with a sketch of Huguenot colonization in Brazil. 5543 La Salle and the Discovery of the Great West, with 2 maps 8s 6d Discovery of the Ohio, Illinois, and other northern tributaries of the Mississippi; the French occupation of Louisiana and Texas, &c. 5544 Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV., map 8s 6d Canada, and the New England Colonies, Acadia, the Iroquois invasions, Colonial attack on Quebec, 1690, &c. 5545 The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century, map 8s 6d Account of the Algonquins, Hurons, Iroquois (or Five Nations), and missions among them, Mohawk inroads and wars, foundation of Montreal, &c. 5546 The Old Regime in Canada, with map 8s 6d The Iroquois war, Holy wars of Montreal, Colbert's Colony and the King, Canadian Feudalism, missions, priests, and people. 5547 A Half Century of Conflict between France and England, with 3 maps and plans, 2 vols. 178 Vol. I. The Eve of War, 1700-13; Detroit, 1694-1704; Queen Anne's War, 1703-13; Deerfield, 1704-40; The Tormented Frontier, 1704-13; The Old Régime in Acadia, 1700-10; Acadia changes Hands, 1704-10; Walker's Expedition, 1710-11; Louisbourg and Acadia, 1712-49; Sebastian Rale, 1713-24; Lovewell's Fight, 1724-25; the Outagamies at Detroit, 1712; Louisiana, 1697-1750; the Outagamie War, 1700-32. Vol. II. France in the Far West, 1697-1741; Search for the Pacific, 1716-61; The Chain of Posts, 1700-50; Louisbourg besieged and taken, 1744-45; Duc D'Anville, 1745-47; Acadian Conflicts, 1745-17; War and Politics, 1740-47; Fort Massachusetts, 1745-48. 5518 Montcalm and Wolfe, &c., with 2 portraits and several plans, 2 vols. 178 Vol. I. The Combatants; Céleron de Bienville; Conflict for the West; Conflict for Acadia; Washington; the Signal for Battle; Braddock; Removal of the Acadians; Dieskau; Shirley; Border War; Montcalm; Oswego; Partisan War; Montcalm and Vaudreuil; Fort William Henry. Vol. II. A Winter of Discontent, 1757-58; Bigot; Pitt; Louisbourg; Ticonderoga; Fort Fontenac; Fort Duquesne; Vaudreuil and the Brink of Ruin; Wolfe; Wolfe at Quebec; Amherst-Niagara: The Heights of Abraham; Fall of Quebec; Sainte-Foy; Fall of Canada; the Peace of Paris. 5549 The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada, with 4 maps, 2 vols. 178 The Indian tribes East of the Mississippi, Frontier Forts and Settlements, Major Rogers's Expedition up the Lakes, Siege of Detroit, Fate of the Forest Garrisons, Fight of Bloody Bridge, Indian Massacres, Bradstreet's and Bouquet's Expeditions, Ruin of the Indian Cause, Sir Wm. Johnson's Policy of Peace, &c. 6550 The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky Mountain Life Narrative of the author's adventures beyond the Mississippi in the Forties. 8s 6d |
