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1985 · 50441bd — Harrison NY: Harbor Hill Books 1985. First Edition. Octavo orange cloth hardcover illus. endpapers 160 pp. Fine in a Very Good mylar protected dust jacket. From dust jacket: How much more can one say about a man who was an engineer botanist surveyor seaman explorer linguist cartographer writer poet artist and engraver -- and a highly controversial military figure in the early days of the Revolution Obviously a lot. YUet it may come as a surprise to learn that this is the first full-length biography of the life of Bernard Romans -- preeminent colonial explorer/cartographer who sacrificed a Crown “pension†to throw in his lot with the patriot cause. He originated the march on Fort Ticonderoga usurped by Colonels Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold and designed and partially built the first patriot fort along the Hudson at West Point. In between Romans found time to compile and engrave countless maps and write two important books -- now among the rarest volumes of Americana -- A Concise Natural History of East and West Florida and Annals of the Troubles in the Netherlands: From the Accession of Charles V Emperor of Germany. Harbor Hill Books, 1985. First Edition. hardcover books