Notes on the Mineralogy, Government and Condition of the British West India Islands and North-American Maritime Colonies

by Thomas Cochrane

The most renowned naval officer of the mid-nineteenth century, Thomas Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald (1775-1860), served in wars against Spain and France, retiring as an admiral in the Royal Navy. He was also an M.P., vociferously calling for naval reform in Parliament. Due to a financial scandal, he left the Royal Navy for a period and became a celebrated mercenary, commanding naval forces in the wars of independence of Chile, Peru, Brazil and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108054064
• ISBN13: 9781108054065
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"