The surprizing adventures of John Roach, mariner of Whitehaven. Containing a genuine account of his cruel treatment during a long captivity amongst the savage Indians, and imprisonment by the Spaniards, in South-America. With his miraculous preservation and deliverance by divine providence; and happy return to the place of his nativity, after being thirteen years amongst his inhuman enemies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roach, John, 1748-

Contributor:

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

English Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of Central America.

Genre:

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

64 pages ; 18 cm

Edition:

The second edition.

Other Title:

Adventures of John Roach

Fingerprint:

t.to lyg- ngld coin (3) 1784 (Q)

Place of Publication:

Whitehaven : Printed by F. Briscoe, in the Market-place, [1784?]

Notes:

Also issued under the name of John Rhodes.

Price from imprint: Price Six-Pence.

"Thro the kindness of the generous public, the first edition of my narrative met with a more rapid sale than my most sanguine expectations had presaged: and as I have yet the same occasion to solicit public facour that I formerly had, I have taken great pains for the improvement of the same, and engaged myself in a second impression thereof ..." p. 64.

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy closely trimmed on outer margin with partial loss of text and page numbers.

Cited in:

Sabin, 71709

ESTC, T110568

OCLC:

5927339