1782 Colonial America Revolution War Battle of Eutaw Springs INDIA Illustrated

1782 Colonial America Revolution War Battle of Eutaw Springs INDIA Illustrated

A rare, late 18^th-century issue of the ‘Westminster Magazine’. While not as popular or as famous the more widely read ‘London Magazine’ or ‘Gentleman’s Magazine’, the ‘Westminster Magazine’ provided important articles pertaining to the American Revolution and early colonial history. Notable contents in this 1782 issue include:

• Accounts and descriptions of world ports:
  • Port of Nantz
  • Port of Rouen
  • Port of Havre de Grace
• American Revolutionary War history
  • Battle of Eutaw Springs
    • Defeat of Nathanael Greene by British forces lead by Alexander Stewart
  • Leadership of Admiral Samuel Hood, Royal Navy
  • Policy regarding the Independence declared by the United States. (p.487)
• Diplomacy between Great Britain and Louis XVI of France
• Descriptions of Turkish customs
• Descriptions of India, Gentoo customs

Item number: #27179

Price: $750

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Westminster magazine : or the Pantheon of taste… Vol X, for the year 1782.

London: printed for John Walker, 1782. First edition.

Details:

• Collation –
  • [2], iv, 5-280, *273-274*, 281-719, [9]
  • 23 engraved plates (of 26)
    • Includes folding map of India
  • Language: English
  • Binding: Leather; tight and secure
  • Size: ~7.5in X 4.75in (19.5cm x 12cm)

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