A new express, from Admiral Boscawen, in the East Indies giving a most melancholly account of a great and dreadful storm that happen'd on the 13th of last April, in which his Majesty's ships of war the Namur, Pembrook, and Apollo hospital ships were lost, and upwarps [sic] of 2000 souls perish's

People / Organizations

• G. Maddox ("printed for")

Imprint

London] : Printed for G. Maddox in the Strand, [1750

Publication year

1750

ESTC No.

T226903

Grub Street ID

248294

Description

1 sheet : ill. ; 1/2°.

Note

The woodcut is between the title and the text

The express is dated "Constantinople, December 14." and begins: "The consul of Aleppo has received a packet from Governor Wake at Bombay, with letters from Admiral Boscawen, dated the 20th of April, 1749, ..."; Includes a list of ships lost or damaged in the Pondicherry Road.