Exploration and Discovery, 1576-1939 The Library of Franklin Brooke-Hitching Part 4, Q-Z

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Lot 1360
  • 1360

Williamson, Peter

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Description

  • The Travels of Peter Williamson, among the different Nations and Tribes of Savage Indians in America. Edinburgh: Printed for the Author, 1768
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FIRST EDITION, 12mo (158 x 90mm.), viii, 184pp., 3 engraved plates, polished black morocco, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, gilt edges, one plate slightly cropped

Literature

Howes W503; Sabin 104492; not in Streeter

Catalogue Note

RARE. According to the preface, Williamson "was born in Aberdeenshire, in the north of Scotland, and was carried off in his infancy from that city, by his own countrymen, and sold as a slave in America; after continuing in this state of slavery for many years, he was at last unfortunately taken captive by the savage Indians, in whose hands he remained for some years, and suffered, during their hunting expeditions, the most severe hardships... After making his escape from these inhuman wretches... he entered a volunteer in his Majesty's service, and was in several expeditions against the French and Indians in the late war."