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John Graves, Captain ( - fl. c. 1705)

Ship captain Relevant locations: Visited Bahamas, West Indies
Visited New Providence, Bahamas
 Relationships: John Graves was a source of object(s) for James Petiver (c. 1665-Apr 1718)

John Graves (-fl. c. 1708) was a same person as? (uncertain) John Graves
Linked print sources: as Author (in assoc. with a ms or print source) - A memorial, or, A short account of the Bahama-Islands : of their situation, product, conveniency of trading with the Spaniards the benefit that ariseth by the great quantities of salt that is made by the sun and the safety all ships that are in distress near those ports do find, by having so good a harbour as Providence to bear away to for succour.
as Mentions or references - James Petiver: promoter of natural science, c.1663–1718.
as Mentions or references - James Petiver's 'Kind Friends' and 'Curious Persons' in the Atlantic World: Commerce, Colonialism, and Collecting.
 References in Documents:
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) 845. Trochus Barbadensis magnus, ex albo nigroque undatus. T. maximus lævis & nigro maculatus, List. H. C. l. 4. s. 8. Tab. 640. Fig. 30. an Bonan. 117. Fig. 29, 30. id. Ital. Mr. Rattery brought me this from Jamaica. Capt. Bond from the River Messisippi, and Mr. Graves from the Bahama Islands.