Samuel Cunard. The Ryerson Canadian History Readers, Edited by Lorne Pierce.
Toronto. The Ryerson Press. 1928. 12mo, 19cm, 27p., with 2 full page illustrations, printed yellow wrappers, ads., near fine (Pol). Item #41445
~ Sir Samuel Cunard, 1st Baronet (21 November 1787 28 April 1865), was a British-Canadian shipping magnate, born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, who founded the Cunard Line, establishing the first scheduled steamship connection with North America.[1] He was the son of a master carpenter and timber merchant who had fled the American Revolution and settled in Halifax.(wiki).
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