Download or read book An Autobiographical Memoir of Sir John Barrow, Bart., Late of the Admiralty written by and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description: Heavily annotated manuscript, including copies of correspondence, and publisher's proofs of Sir John Barrow's autobiography, published in 1847. The volume covers Barrow's employment, travels, diplomatic service under Lord Macartney (including a detailed description of China), time spent in the Cape Colony, and work at the Admiralty under a succession of First Lords of the Admiralty and Lord High Admirals.