A cruising voyage round the world [electronic resource] : first to the South-seas, thence to the East-Indies, and homewards by the cape of Good Hope : begun in 1708, and finish'd in 1711 : containing a journal of all the remarkable transactions : particularly, of the taking of Puna and Guiaquil, of the Acapulco ship, and other prizes : an account of Alexander Selkirk's living alone four years and four months in an island : and a brief description of several countries in our course noted for trade, especially in the South-sea : with maps of all the coast, from the best Spanish manuscript draughts : and an introduction relating to the Sovth-sea trade / by Captain Woodes Rogers, commander in chief on this expedition, with the ships Duke and Dutchess of Bristol.
1712
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A cruising voyage round the world [electronic resource] : first to the South-seas, thence to the East-Indies, and homewards by the cape of Good Hope : begun in 1708, and finish'd in 1711 : containing a journal of all the remarkable transactions : particularly, of the taking of Puna and Guiaquil, of the Acapulco ship, and other prizes : an account of Alexander Selkirk's living alone four years and four months in an island : and a brief description of several countries in our course noted for trade, especially in the South-sea : with maps of all the coast, from the best Spanish manuscript draughts : and an introduction relating to the Sovth-sea trade / by Captain Woodes Rogers, commander in chief on this expedition, with the ships Duke and Dutchess of Bristol.
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London : Printed for A. Bell and B. Lintot, 1712.
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English
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1 online resource (xxi, [1], 428, 56, [14] p.)
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Imperfect: 2 maps wanting. (cf. Sabin)
"Appendix, containing a description of the coast, roads, harbours ... and distances, from Acapulco ... to the island of Chiloe ... From the best Spanish manuscripts taken in the South-sea": 56 p. at end.
Stephen calls this original edition extremely rare.
"Appendix, containing a description of the coast, roads, harbours ... and distances, from Acapulco ... to the island of Chiloe ... From the best Spanish manuscripts taken in the South-sea": 56 p. at end.
Stephen calls this original edition extremely rare.
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Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive. Part 2: Slave trade in the Atlantic world.
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