Published by Robson Books, London, 2004, 1st edition. Green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine under illustrated dustwrapper. 9.5ins x 6.25ins, [vi], 266pp plus 8pp plates. The story of a Scottish seaman who was knighted by Louis XVI, made Admiral by Catherine the Great, was awarded the Congress Gold Medal for valour by George Washington and is often regarded as the founder of the US navy. As new condition. F / nr F.