Extract from 1804-181[?], from journals of Lt. Peter Brooke, British Navy, 1804-1832.

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Extract from 1804-181[?], from journals of Lt. Peter Brooke, British Navy, 1804-1832.

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Extracts from his journals, 1804-1832, kept while he was an officer aboard the British ships Pelorus, Shark, Arethusa, Ville de Paris, and Vengeur, including copies of official orders, memoranda on naval affairs, abstracts on actions at sea during the War of 1812, and some drawings, including a pen and ink plan of the battle at New Orleans, at which he was present and wounded.

1 v. (227 p.) ; 7 x 9 in.

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