An Historical account of the voyages and adventures of Sir Walter Raleigh. : With the discoveries and conquests he made for the Crown of England. Also a particular account of his several attempts for the discovery of the gold mines in Guiana, and the reason of the miscarriage, shewing, that it was not from any defect in the scheme he had laid, or in the reality of the thing it self, but in a treacherous discovery of his design and of the strength he had with him, to the Spaniards. To which is added, an account how that rich country might now be with ease, posses'd, planted and secur'd to the British nation, and what immense wealth and encrease of commerce might be rais'd from thence. Humbly proposed to the South-Sea-Company.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731, attributed name.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cameron, Archibald, 1707-1753.

Cameron, Archibald.

Physical Description:

55 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 8⁰

Place of Publication:

London : Printed, and sold by W. Boreham, at the Angel in Pater-noster-Row, MDCCXIX. [1719]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Sometimes attributed to Daniel Defoe (Crossley, Trent, Hutchins, Moore, Novak). Attribution questioned by Furbank and Owens, Defoe de-attributions, who find it "somewhat too problematic."

Probably published in January 1720 (Moore).

Price on title page: Price 1s.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from University of London's Goldsmiths' Library.

Cited in:

Moore, 425

Sabin, 67559

English Short Title Catalog, T56906.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.