The hairy-giants, or, A description of two islands in the South Sea called by the name of Benganga and Coma : discovered by Henry Schooten of Harlem in a voyage began January 1669, and finished October 1671 : also a perfect account of the religion, government, and commodities of those islands / written in Dutch by Henry Schooten ; and now Englished by P.M., Gent.

Format:

Microformat

Author/Creator:

Schooten, Henry.

Contributor:

P. M., Gent.

Series:

Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 291:9.

Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1557:13.

Language:

Dutch

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of South America--Chile--Fiction.

Indians of South America.

Magallanes (Chile : Province)--Description and travel--Fiction.

Magallanes (Chile : Province).

Chile.

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

6 unnumbered pages, 16 pages, 4 unnumbered pages

35 mm

monochrome

service copy

positive

Other Title:

Hairy-giants.

Hairy giants.

Description of two islands in the South Sea called by the name of Benganga and Coma.

Place of Publication:

London : Printed by A. Maxwell for John Watson, and are to be sold by James Collins ..., 1671.

Notes:

Apparently entirely fictitious; the islands of the hairy giants are described as located off the coast of southern Chile.

Found on reel 1557:13, the Harvard University Library copy contains the frontispiece map missing on 291:9, and also has an intact imprint.

Imperfect: imprint cropped, and frontispiece map lacking in British Library copy.

Reproduction of originals in British Library and Harvard University Library.

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, 1968, 1984. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 291:9 and 1557:13)

Cited in:

Wing S888

OCLC:

12538371