Narrative

Estimate

1,000 - 1,500 GBP

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Description

Narrative of a Voyage to the Spanish Main, in the Ship "Two Friends"; the Occupation of Amelia Island, by M'Gregor, &c. London: John Miller, 1819
Paper

FIRST EDITION, 8vo (214 x 132mm.), x,[vi], 328pp., half-title, nineteenth-century calf-backed boards, marbled boards, gilt spine

Literature

Howes N12; Sabin 51782; Streeter 1201

Catalogue Note

This important account of the last years of Spanish rule in Florida includes a narrative of a journey by land from St. Augustine to the Florida-Georgia border and a return trip in early 1818. There is also an appendix containing details of the Seminole War and the execution of Arbuthnot and Ambrister, which triggered protests from the British and Spanish governments and an investigation by the United States Congress.