Account of the English expedition of Capts. Cooke and Malcolm against the Spanish fleet in the Philippines, [185-?].

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Account of the English expedition of Capts. Cooke and Malcolm against the Spanish fleet in the Philippines, [185-?].

Nineteenth-century copy, possibly from the 1850s, of an account of the exploits of the English frigates "Fox" and "Sybille" against the Spanish in the Philippines between Jan. 5 and July 9, 1798.

[4] p. ; 33 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7372823

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