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[BENBOW MUTINY] An account of the arraignments and tryals of Col. Richard Kirkby, Capt. John Constable, Capt. Cooper Wade, Capt...
London: Printed for John Gellibrand; and are to be sold by A. Baldwin, near the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-Lane, 1703. First edition. Extracted from a volume of pamphlets, sewn but unbound, house in a cloth folding case. 11 x 7 1/8 inches (28 x 18 cm); [2], [10 pp. Toned. Slipcase with the bookplate of Aaron J. Matalon.
A rare account of the Benbow Mutiny on the Spanish Main, near Cartagena, Columbia, one of the great debacles of English naval history. Benbow's squadron of seven vessels fought Admiral Jean du Casse, but several of Benbow's captains refused to engage the enemy, leaving the brunt of the action to just three vessels. Benbow himself was seriously injured by a chain-shot (from which wound he would later die), but wished to continue the chase. However, six of his captains signed a declaration, presented by Kirkby "that after six days of battle the squadron lacked enough men to continue and that there was little chance of a decisive action, since the men were exhausted, there was a general lack of ammunition, the ships' rigging and masts were badly damaged, and the winds were generally variable and undependable." This led to the prosecutions of the signatories described in the present document. Alden-Landis 703/84; JCB (3) III: 29; Bibliographia Jamaicensis 94.
C The Collection of Jay I. Kislak sold to benefit the Kislak Family Foundation
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