Madagascar: or, Robert Drury's journal, [electronic resource] : during fifteen years captivity on that island. Containing, I. His Voyage to the East Indies, and short Stay there. II. An Account of the Shipwreek of the Degrave on the Island of Madagascar; the Murder of Captain Younge and his Ship's Company, except Admiral Bembo's Son, and some few Others, who escap'd the Hands of the barbarous Natives. III. His being taken into Captivity, hard Usage, Marriage, and Variety of Fortune. IV. His Travels through the Island, and Description of it; as to its Situation, Product, Manufactures, Commodities, &c. V. The Nature of the People, their Customs, Wars, Religion, and Policy: As also, The Conferences between the Author and some of their Chiefs, concerning the Christians and Their Religion. VI. His Redemption from thence by Capt. Mackett. Commander of the Prince of Wales, in the East India Company's Service; his Arrival to England, and Second Voyage thither. Vii. A Vocabulary of the Madagascar Language. The Whole is a faithful Narrative of Matters of Fact, interspers'd with Variety of surprizing Incidents, and illustrated with a Sheet Map of Madagascar, and Cuts. Written by himself; digested into Order, and now Publish'd at the Request of his Friends.
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Madagascar: or, Robert Drury's journal, [electronic resource] : during fifteen years captivity on that island. Containing, I. His Voyage to the East Indies, and short Stay there. II. An Account of the Shipwreek of the Degrave on the Island of Madagascar; the Murder of Captain Younge and his Ship's Company, except Admiral Bembo's Son, and some few Others, who escap'd the Hands of the barbarous Natives. III. His being taken into Captivity, hard Usage, Marriage, and Variety of Fortune. IV. His Travels through the Island, and Description of it; as to its Situation, Product, Manufactures, Commodities, &c. V. The Nature of the People, their Customs, Wars, Religion, and Policy: As also, The Conferences between the Author and some of their Chiefs, concerning the Christians and Their Religion. VI. His Redemption from thence by Capt. Mackett. Commander of the Prince of Wales, in the East India Company's Service; his Arrival to England, and Second Voyage thither. Vii. A Vocabulary of the Madagascar Language. The Whole is a faithful Narrative of Matters of Fact, interspers'd with Variety of surprizing Incidents, and illustrated with a Sheet Map of Madagascar, and Cuts. Written by himself; digested into Order, and now Publish'd at the Request of his Friends.
Author
Drury, Robert, 1687-1734?
Edition
The second edition.
Publication Details
London : printed: and sold by J. Brotherton, in Cornhill ; T. Worrall, at the Judge's Head in Fleetstreet ; and J. Jackson, near St. James's Gate, Pall-Mall, M,DCC,XXXI. [1731]
Place of Publication or Printing
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Language
English
Description
xvi,464p.,plates : map ; 8⁰.
Note
Drury's authorship has been disputed. Sometimes attributed to Daniel Defoe (Trent ("strong probability"), Hutchins, Moore, Novak ("Edited and written in part by Defoe"). Attribution disputed by Furbank and Owens, Defoe de-attributions.
A reissue of the first edition, with a different titlepage.
Price from imprint: price Bound, Six Shillings.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
A reissue of the first edition, with a different titlepage.
Price from imprint: price Bound, Six Shillings.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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Moore, 511
English Short Title Catalog, T70324.
English Short Title Catalog, T70324.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731, attributed name.
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