Surgeon of the British warship Favorita who stayed in Madeira from 12 to 19 October 1805. In the published account of his voyage to West Africa he described the island's hospitality, leprosy, conical caps, nuns' artificial flowers and fruit, and thefts by soldiers.
2 · Chronology
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12 October 1805–19 October 1805
The British warship Favorita, with surgeon F. B. Spilsbury aboard, called at Madeira on its way to West Africa.
