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Manley, Admiral Isaac (1755 - 1837), A set of books from the…
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11-Dec-2017
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Manley, Admiral Isaac (1755 - 1837), A set of books from the library of Admiral Manley, the last suviving crew member on Captain Cook's Endeavour voyage. Paris and the Parisians, in 1835' by Francis Trollope (London, Richard Bentley, 1836) Two volumes, publisher's cloth with defective spines. Manley's armorial bookplate to front pastedown of volume 1 each volume signed on the title page 'Admiral Manley'. Manley had joined Cook aboard the Endeavour on 17 June 1768, aged thirteen. He served as servent to Robert Molineaux, Master of the Ship, and was promoted to midshipman by Captain Cook on 5 February 1771, during the return voyage from New Holland. Manley's experiences as a youth aboard the Endeavour voyage from 1768 - 1771 was the subject of an historical novel by Anthony Hill titled 'Captain Cook's Apprentice' published in 2008.
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