Description
- Notes:
- Aus dem Englischen übersetzt.
- Possibly a translation of the anonymous work entitled: A view of the depredations and ravages committed by the Spaniards on the British trade and navigation. Most humbly offer'd to the consideration of the Parliament of Great Britain, first printed London, 1731. Cf. European Americana.
- Discusses the problems encounted by the British and their ships, particularly in the West Indies, and the privateering of British ships by the Spanish; there are case reports of the ships from the captains themselves regarding the episodes of piracy and the contents of their ships.
- Signatures: ):(⁴ ():(1 verso blank) A-E⁴ F²
- Engraved head and tail pieces.
Citation
"Neuester Zustand der engländischen Schiffarth:
Mit einem Anhang von dem unverantwortlichen wegnehmen der englischen Schiffe in West-Indien, und dem grausahmen Verfahren mit dem Schiffs-Volck derselben
"
(1731).
John Carter Brown Library.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:733999/
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