A voyage to the South Seas, in the years 1740-1. [electronic resource] : Containing a faithful narrative of the loss of His Majesty's Ship the the [sic] Wager on a desolate island in the latitude 47 south, longitude 81:40 west ... Interspersed with many entertaining and curious observations, no taken notice of by Sir John Narborough, or any other journalist, with many things not published in the first edition. By John Bulkeley and John Cummins, late gunner and carpenter of the Wager.
1757
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A voyage to the South Seas, in the years 1740-1. [electronic resource] : Containing a faithful narrative of the loss of His Majesty's Ship the the [sic] Wager on a desolate island in the latitude 47 south, longitude 81:40 west ... Interspersed with many entertaining and curious observations, no taken notice of by Sir John Narborough, or any other journalist, with many things not published in the first edition. By John Bulkeley and John Cummins, late gunner and carpenter of the Wager.
Author
Bulkeley, John.
Edition
The second edition, with additions. [Four lines from Waller].
Publication Details
[Philadelphia] : London, printed. Philadelphia: reprinted by James Chattin, for the author, 1757. (Price 10s)
Place of Publication or Printing
United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Language
English
Description
xxxii,256,267-306p. ; 8⁰.
Note
Dedicated to William Denny and Edward Vernon.
Errors in paging: p. 125 misnumbered 124; page numbers 257-266 omitted from pagination.
List of subscribers, p. [xvi]-xxxii.
Errata, p. 306.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Errors in paging: p. 125 misnumbered 124; page numbers 257-266 omitted from pagination.
List of subscribers, p. [xvi]-xxxii.
Errata, p. 306.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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Evans, 7859
Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 1519
English Short Title Catalog, W29694.
Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 1519
English Short Title Catalog, W29694.
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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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Cummins, John, Carpenter of H.M.S. Wager.
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