Beaver Captain Philip (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Facsimile reprint of the 1805 first edition. Beaver made a considerable name for himself as a Captain in the Royal Navy, serving with distinction in the Mediterranean and the East Indies during the Napoleonic Wars. Prior to that, however, "he associated himself with a scheme for colonising the island of Bulama on the coast of Africa, near Sierra Leone. The whole affair seems to have been conducted without forethought or knowledge. The would-be settlers were, for the most part, idle and dissipated.When they landed, anything like discipline was unobtainable.Beaver endeavoured, by unceasing toil, to keep a little order and to promote a little industry; but the men were quite unfitted for the work and manner of life, and the greater number of them died. The miserable remnants of the party evacuated the island and went to Sierra Leone, whence Beaver obtained a passage to England." Tall octavo. Full blue cloth binding; issued without a dust jacket. A fine copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardback reprint of the 1805 original in the Colonial History Series, 1968, with no jacket. In overall good-to-very good used condition with minor signs of age, handling and storage - tan cloth boards slightly darkened and rubbed with light scratch to front board. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotations or inscriptions - owner's bookplate to front pastdedown; toning to page-ends but text, fold-out map and plan bright and clear throughout. This book is both large (220mm x 270mm, 500pp) and heavy (2kg). Not an old library book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Full diced calf hardback. Professionally rebacked, preserving original spine. Rubbed and moderately sunned, nonetheless firm and square and showing well. Contents very tidy: thus tight and clean with no pen-mark, just a former owner bookplate, a few foxed pages and evenly age toned throughout. Not from a library so no such stamps or labels. Size: 4to (275mm x 210mm). Collation: pp. [viii] + xv, 500, complete with large hand-coloured fold out map which has been backed with cloth, and two plates (closely cropped at the margins). A very good copy.

large 4to, 8+15+500 pages, large folding engraved map (coloured outline), cartouche, 2 folding plans : Beaver left England in April 1792 as part of a scheme for colonizing the island of Bulama off the coast of Sierra Leone as captain of a boat full of potential settlers; although he had done research into the tribes, soil, possibilities for cultivation, etc. the experiment was a disaster, many settlers died, the rest were lazy and the remnant went to Sierra Leone in 1793, a gallant attempt to do something about slavery; hardback, 1/2 leather, raised bands, marbled boards, an excellent facsimile, vg a heavy book that may attract extra postage west africa slavery sierra leone bulama slave trade west african settlers british african exploration west africa slavery.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 4to. xv, 500pp. Illustrated with a large folding map and folding plates. Bound in light brown buckram with black title block to spine. ( Dawson's Colonial History series). A very good/near fine copy. Scarce.

1st Ed. 4to. [viii] + xv + 500pp. Folding section, folding plan, folding map (repaired to verso). Signature DD2 silked, repair at gutter hinge to t.p., faint ink stamp to verso of t.p. and to one margin, light browning, rebound in modern calf backed marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine. Philip Beaver (17661813), naval officer. ODNB '. At the end of 1791 Beaver participated in a scheme for colonizing the island of Bulama, near Sierra Leone. He left England for Bulama on 14 April 1792, but the whole affair seems from the beginning to have been conducted without forethought or knowledge. The would-be settlers were, for the most part, idle and dissipated. Beaver found himself at sea in command of a vessel of 260 tons, with sixty-five men, twenty-four women, and thirty-one children, mostly seasick and all useless. When they landed, anything like discipline was unattainable. The party, assembled on shore, had no conception of law, hard work, or discipline. The directors lost heart and returned to England. The command devolved on Beaver, and for eighteen months he attempted to maintain the settlement, but most of the colonists died. The miserable survivors left in November 1793, and went to Sierra Leone, from where Beaver obtained a passage to England, and arrived at Plymouth on 17 May 1794. He published an account of his Bulama experiences [as the above] .' US$594.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardback, later rebind, new end-papers. 28cm x 21.5cm. xv, 500pp. Complete with large map and 2 plates. 1st edition 1805. Merton House Library stamp on both sides of title page and verso of dedication leaf. Very minor occasional light spotting to contents. A splendid copy. (h7).

4to. Pp. (viii), xvi, 500. With one large folding map "Nautical map intended for the use of colonial undertakings" (with small tear at fold) and two engraved plates of Beaver's "Block House" on the island of Bulama. Contemporary calf, rebacked with original red title label, front hinge cracking, lower hinge loose. With some minor staining and a few leaves with dust-soiling. First edition. Beaver participated in this British mission aiming for a colonization of the island of Bulama near Sierra Leone. The expedition was badly executed and a failure. Beaver stayed on for 18 months to make settlement a success but many of the colonists died and the remaining abandoned the colony. The large map was orginally composed by C.B. Wadström, but here revised by Beaver. Gay 3196.

4 hojas sin numerar incluso portada, XV-500 páginas. Con un gran mapa plegado y dos planos también plegados Es el relato de la expedición a las costas occidentales africanas emprendido en 1792 por el Capitán William Beaver, con el fin de colonizar para la Corona británica las zonas con mayor producción animal y vegetal, y explorar cultivos tropicales utilizando mano de obra nativa libre, tras la abolición de la esclavitud. Piel de la época, greca dorada en ambas tapas, lomera con tejuelos y hierros también dorados.