Relative to an Attempt to Establish a British Settlement on the Island of Bulama, on the Western Coast of Africa, in the Year 1792. With a Brief Notice of the Neighbouring Tribes, Soil Production, etc. and Some Observations on the Facility of Colonizing that Part of Africa with a View to Cultivation; and the Introduction of Letters and Religion to Its Inhabitants: but More Particularly as the Means of Gradually Abolishing African Slavery.

By Beaver, Captain Philip

London: C. and R. Baldwin, 1805 – First Edition. 4to – 27.5 cm. [7], (xv), 500pp., large hand-colored fold-out front-piece map “Nautical Map Intended for the Use of Colonial Undertakings” and two engraved plates of Beaver’s “Block House” on the island of Bulama; Appendix. Contemporary three-quarter calf and marbled boards, spine with five raised bands and red morocco label with gilt title. Prio owner’s elegant amoral label inside front cover, hinges strong, pages with only beginning intermittent foxing – a very clean and complete copy of a scarce title. The fold-out map originally composed by C.B. Wadström, but here revised by Beaver. – Gay 3196.

Beaver participated in this British mission aiming for a colonization of the island of Bulama near Sierra Leone. The expedition was badly executed and a failure. Beaver stayed on for 18 months to make settlement a success but many of the colonists died and the remaining abandoned the colony.

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