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Title: Life of Rear Admiral John Randolph Tucker
Author: James Henry Rochelle
Release Date: October 30, 2008 [EBook #27101]
Language: English
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[Illustration: JOHN RANDOLPH TUCKER]
LIFE OF REAR ADMIRAL
JOHN RANDOLPH TUCKER
COMMANDER IN THE NAVY OF THE UNITED STATES, CAPTAIN
AND FLAG-OFFICER IN THE NAVY OF THE CONFEDERATE
STATES, REAR ADMIRAL IN THE NAVY
OF THE REPUBLIC OF PERU AND PRESIDENT
OF THE PERUVIAN HYDROGRAPHICAL
COMMISSION OF THE AMAZON
WITH AN APPENDIX
CONTAINING NOTES ON NAVIGATION OF THE UPPER
AMAZON RIVER AND ITS PRINCIPAL
TRIBUTARIES
By CAPTAIN JAMES HENRY ROCHELLE
AND CONTAINING A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE
AUTHOR, AND PORTRAITS OF ADMIRAL
TUCKER AND CAPTAIN ROCHELLE
WASHINGTON
THE NEALE PUBLISHING COMPANY
431 ELEVENTH STREET
MCMIII
COPYRIGHT, 1903,
BY MATTIE R.
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