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Title(s)
The Hurricane : a poem descriptive of the unparalleled perseverance and constancy of the seamen on board H.M. Ship Theseus, 74 guns, commanded by Captain (now Rear-Admiral) E. Hawker, the flag-ship of the late Rear-Admiral Dacres, during three days' and nights' hurricane, which, in company with the Hercule, she encountered north-east of Monte Christi, in the island of St. Domingo / by an eyewitness ; also, historical notices of St. Domingo, from the seizure of Toussant L'Ouverture to the Death of Christophe ; with illustrations.
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Published/Created
Bath [England] : Printed for the author by C. Clark, Broad Street, 1844.
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Physical Description
[2], 75, [1] p., [11] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
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Holdings
Rare Books and Manuscripts
PR4271.B48 H87 1844
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status
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Full YALE Library Record
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Classification
Books
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Notes
Introduction signed, p. 8: E.B. [i.e. Edward Burt], Commander, R.N.
Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 693
BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy. Bound in publisher's blind- and gilt-stamped green cloth. -
Subject Terms
Clark, C. -- Printer. | Haiti -- Description and travel. | Haiti -- History. | Haiti -- Pictorial works.
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