Scottish explorer of West Africa. After an exploration of the upper Niger River around 1796, he wrote a popular and influential travel book titled Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa in which he theorized the Niger and Congo merged to become the same river.
Artist: Bollinger
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Size 9 x 10 cms
Price £9.50
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Angelica Catalani was an Italian opera singer, the daughter of a tradesman. Her greatest gift was her voice, a soprano of nearly three octaves in range. Its unsurpassed power and flexibility made her one of the greatest bravura singers of all times
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Size 13 x 17 cms
Price £28.00
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Admiral of the Fleet George Anson, 1st Baron Anson, PC, FRS was a Royal Navy officer. Anson served as a junior officer during the War of the Spanish Succession and then saw active service against Spain at the Battle of Cape Passaro during the War of the Quadruple Alliance.
Artist: Bollinger
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Size 9 x 10 cms
Price £14.00
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