A cruising voyage round the world: first to the South-Sea, thence to the East-Indies, and homewards by the Cape of Good Hope. Begun in 1708, and finished in 1711. Containing a journal of all the remarkable transactions; particularly of the taking of Puna and Guiaquil, of the Acapulca 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 South-Sea trade.
- Rogers, Woodes, -1732.
- Date:
- 1718
- Books
About this work
Publication/Creation
London : Printed for Andrew Bell, and Bernard Lintot, 1718.
Physical description
xix, 428, 57 pages, 3 unnumbered leaves : 4 folded maps (including frontispiece) ; (8vo)
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Edition
The second edition /
Notes
"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". 57 p. at end.
Copy 1 Note: B. Lintot's cat. (14 ℓ.) at end.
References note
ESTC T131767
Sabin, 72754
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Location Status Access Closed storesEPB/B/44423