The Gentleman’s Magazine: and historical Chronicle

1791 1e America Indian Wars Tipu Sultan SLAVE TRADE Gentoo Torture Isaac Newton

The Gentleman's Magazine was an English periodical which first appeared in 1731. It was published without interruption for nearly 200 years and was the first of its kind to use the term 'magazine'. It was published by Edward Cave, pseud. Sylvanus Urban.

This 1791 edition includes a variety of important and interesting content including:

· Voyages and discoveries in Western America

o Indian battles

o George Washington correspondence with Native American tribes (p.80, bottom right corner)

o Lists of militia killed during the Northwest Indian War

o Goods production in Charlestown, South Carolina

o A message from President Washington (p.481, bottom R corner)

· English reforms to clergy (p.11)

· Plans to build a monument to Capt. James Cook (p.318)

· Battle against Sultan Tipu (p.370-371) (i.e. Siege of Bangalore)

· Captain Hood in Jamaica (p.481)

· Letter written from Sir Isaac Newton (p.504)

· Commentary on slave trade with petitions to prevent abolition (p.17, 484)

· Gentoo torture rituals (illustration)

Item number: #22886

Price: $599

URBAN, Sylvanus [Edward Cave]

The Gentleman's Magazine: and historical Chronicle

London: printed by John Nichols, for David Henry, 1791. First edition.

Details:

· Collation: complete with all pages

o iv, 591, [17]

o 18 plates

· Language: English

· Binding: Leather

· Size: ~8.5in X 5.5in (21.5cm x 14cm)

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