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The Narrative of General Venables With An Appendix of Papers Relating to the Expedition to the West Indies and the Conquest of Jamaica, 1654-1655
Secondary Title (i.e. Proceedings Title): Periodical Title: Publication Type:Book Authors:Venables, Robert Editors:C. H. Firth Publisher:Longmans, Green Place of Publication:London Publication Date:1900 Alternate Date (i.e. Conference Date): Volume: Issue: Start Page: End Page: Abstract: Descriptors/Keywords: ISBN: URL:Documents in Print Item: Extracts From Henry Whistler's Journal of the West India Expedition (Diary: Objects)
Attached People: Subject of/in a work of art - Venables, Robert (1612/13-1687)
Author (in assoc. with a ms or print source) - Venables, Robert (1612/13-1687)
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Annotation:Firth states in the preface that "The objects of the narrative is to vindicate the reputation of Venables as a general, and to prove that the disasters which befell the expedition under his command were due to the fault of others.... The narrative contains also an account of the imprisonment of Venables in the Tower, and of his examination by Cromwell's council" (vi).
Venables's narrative is found in papers collected by Thomas Povey (Add. MS. 11410) as well as papers collected by Edward Long (Add. MS. 12429) both now reside in the British Library. There is also a briefer, earlier and imperfect version of Venables's narrative held in 1900 by a Mr. Lee Townshend of Gorstage Hall, Cheshire.
The Appendix (Appendix E) is a transcription of part of Henry Whistler's Travel Journal detailing his experience in the same expedition.