The Life of Major-General Worge, Colonel of the 86th Regiment of Foot, and Governor of Senegal in Africa; with an account of the settlements of Senegal and Goree

Editorial: London, 1844

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vii,152pp. plus errata slip, two hand-colored maps (one folding), and two plates. Original red publisher's cloth, stamped in blind and gold. rebacked with original spine laid down. Bookplate on front pastedown and flyleaf. Minor foxing. Good. Biography of Richard Alchorne Worge (1707-74), first governor of the British settlements in Senegambia from 1758-63. This work includes some description of the native inhabitants of the country, as well as the landscape and wildlife. The maps show Senegambia and the coast of north-western Africa, and the island of Goree. In 1759, during the Seven Years' War, he was made lieutenant-colonel commanding the newly formed 86th Foot and sailed with them to the newly captured Island of Gorée, off the coast of Senegal. From Gorée he administered the former French territory of Senegal as Governor until his return to England after the Treaty of Paris in 1763. He was promoted a colonel of the army in 1762 and raised to major-general in 1770. OCLC lists only ten copies. OCLC 28815655.…

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The Life of Major-General Worge, Colonel of the 86th Regiment of Foot, and Governor of Senegal in Africa; with an account of the settlements of Senegal and Goree
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DUKE, George
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London
Año de publicación
1844
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