The Unfortunate Captain Peirce

ISBN-13: 9781906978327 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 380 str.

Philip Browne

Opis

The first biography of Richard Peirce, captain in the service of the East India Company, and account of the wreck of his ship, the Halsewell, off Dorset in 1786. He drowned, along with members of his family, and the loss became a tragic cause celebre, recorded in literature and art