Memoirs of the maritime affairs of Great Britain, especially in relation to our concerns in the West-Indies. To which is prefix'd, the original letter of the author, to (and by the Command of) the Earl of Oxford, when High Treasurer of England, in relation to the South-Sea Company, and the Trade they were designed to carry on; in which the Consequences of an ill Management in that Respect are fully laid open, and the true Nature of such a Commerce explain'd. By the late John Pullen, Esq; Governor of Bermudas. To which is added, Capt. Pain's Short view of Spanish America: Containing a succinct Deduction of Navigation, from its Original to the Discovery of the New World; and an Account of the Extent, Quality, Riches, and Trade of his Catholick Majesty's Dominions there, in a Method wholly New, and from Authorities never yet known to the Publick.

All titles

• Memoirs of the maritime affairs of Great Britain, especially in relation to our concerns in the West-Indies. To which is prefix'd, the original letter of the author, to (and by the Command of) the Earl of Oxford, when High Treasurer of England, in relation to the South-Sea Company, and the Trade they were designed to carry on; in which the Consequences of an ill Management in that Respect are fully laid open, and the true Nature of such a Commerce explain'd. By the late John Pullen, Esq; Governor of Bermudas. To which is added, Capt. Pain's Short view of Spanish America: Containing a succinct Deduction of Navigation, from its Original to the Discovery of the New World; and an Account of the Extent, Quality, Riches, and Trade of his Catholick Majesty's Dominions there, in a Method wholly New, and from Authorities never yet known to the Publick.
• Original plan, progress, and present state of the South-Sea-Company
• Short view of Spanish America.

People / Organizations

• John Pullen (Author)
• Anne Dodd I ("sold by")
• Elizabeth Nutt ("sold by")

Imprint

London: printed for T. Astley, in St. Paul's Churchyard; and sold by E. Nutt, at the Royal-Exchange; A. Dodd, without Temple-Bar; J. Isted, at the Golden Ball in Fleetstreet; and J. Jolliffe, in St. James's-Street, MDCCXXXII. [1732]

Publication year

1732-1732

ESTC No.

T116532

Grub Street ID

168195

Description

vii,[1],72p. ; 8⁰

Note

First issued in 1732 as 'The original plan, progress, and present state of the South-Sea-Company'.

Price from imprint: price One Shilling and Six-Pence.

Uncontrolled note

A variant has the following note on the bottom of p.13 "* Guadalupe and Martinico." - The BL copy has the "*" at the bottom of p.13 with no note