BURROWS  E  H: Captain Owen of the African Survey

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BURROWS E H : Captain Owen of the African Survey

Balkema

ISBN 906191934X

1979 1st ed, 248 pp with numerous maps and bw illustrations, Very good condition in hardcover with scuffed dw; institutional library stamp in prelims

The life and work of the great naval surveyor tasked with the charting of the African west and east coasts. He later became embroiled in the fight against slavery, which was to make him unpopular in political circles. Owen retired to New Brunswick in 1835. The book includes his experiences in the war against Napoleon, as well as his charting of the Canadian Great Lakes

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