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The Rugendas Letters
Johann Moritz Rugendas’
first voyage to Brazil
1821-1825
“ … in this country it is thought good
to shoot an admiral from time to time ,
to encourage the others ”
Voltaire 1759
(Reliable Biography of the British Admiral of the White Flag, John Byng, who has been shot March 14th, 1757, after judgement and law aboard the man-of-war The Monarch, along with a short preliminary report on the current state of the British Naval Power.) In German. Frankfort and Leipsic, no printer, 1757. 10 ll. preliminary report and contents, 156 pp. Dark brown contemp. leather on 5 ribs with back-plate.
Virtually unique
hot off the press German publication
of still the same year ,
for its high political explosiveness
published anonymously & without printer
with moreover most likely even faked place of printing
“ he shall be tried immediately ;
he shall be hanged directly ”
Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle
on the execution of
John Byng
as first British admiral March 14 , 1757
To the Perpetual Disgrace of Public Justice ,
the Hon. John Byng, Esq., Admiral of the Blue, fell
a Martyr to Political Persecution ,
March 14th, in the year MDCCLVII;
when Bravery and Loyalty
were insufficient Securities
for the Life and Honour of a Naval Officer
Epigraph on John Byng’s tomb in Southill, Bedfordshire
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