Detailed account of the capture of the Isle of Bourbon, 1810. Written c 1850, Sir Lucius Curtis

ID:	PAR/131
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Parker, William
Date made:	1850; ca. 1850-01-01 - ?
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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Detailed account of the capture of the Isle of Bourbon, 1810. Written c 1850, Sir Lucius Curtis

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