[BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR]. Supplement to the Royal Gazette and the Jamaica Courant. Vol. XXVIII, No. 13. Kingston: 29 March 1806.
Sale 926 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Aug 20, 2021
10:00AM ET
Online / Cincinnati
Estimate
$500 -
$700
Sold for $188
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR]. Supplement to the Royal Gazette and the Jamaica Courant. Vol. XXVIII, No. 13. Kingston: 29 March 1806.
8pp., folio, 8 1/4 x 10 1/2 in. Disbound (toning in margins, chipping, some loss to edges and corners).
Rare early Jamaican newspaper “extra” edition containing a prominent front-page headline, “Battle of Trafalgar,” and 11 columns of text with eyewitness accounts of the decisive battle in which the British naval fleet led by Admiral Horatio Nelson defeated the combined Spanish-French naval fleet. This seminal naval battle established the naval supremacy of Great Britain for the next 2 centuries. Admiral Nelson was killed in the battle. This newspaper also contains an inside-page headline, “Will of Lord Nelson," printing the details of his last will and testament. Several advertisements for enslaved people are also included.
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