James Riley

(1777-1840)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Riley, James, 1777-1840 LBT ID: JaRiley1840 VIAF ID: 77809011 LOC ID: n86809562	B/BAP: 1777-10-27 DIED: 1840-03-18
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American sea captain shipwrecked off the coast of Western Sahara in 1815; he published a book about his adventures in the Sahara Desert.
REFERENCES TO James Riley: Walter Scott to William Laidlaw, 3 July 1817 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 1 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter II 1817 Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904, Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Chap. XX. Found 2: ¶ 43 ¶ 45 Chap. XXIV. Found 1: ¶ 1