FIGURE 1 in Andrew Beveridge Curror (1811-1844): collecting natural history specimens while preventing the slave trade along the west coast of Africa

FIGURE 1. Left: HMS Waterwitch. From a lithograph by H.J. Vernon, ca. 1850. © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Reference PAF8063. Reproduced with permission. Creative Commons Attribution, Non-commercial, No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) licence. Middle: HMS Fantome. From a lithograph by N. E. Deey, 19th century. © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Reference PW8084. Reproduced with permission. Creative Commons Attribution, Non-commercial, No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) licence. Right: Handwriting and signature of Andrew Beveridge Curror taken from his last known letter to W.J. Hooker (Curror 1844d), shortly before Curror set sail on HMS Larne on what was to be his final journey. © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Directors' Correspondence 58/24 KADC7431. Reproduced with the consent of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.