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The life and adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish man. Relating particularly, his shipwreck near the South Pole; his wonderful Passage through a Subterraneous Cavern into a kind of new world; his there meeting with a Gawry, or Flying Woman, whose life he preserved, and afterwards married her; his extraordinary conveyance to the Country of Glums and Gawrys, or Men and Women that Fly. Likewise a description of this strange Country, with the Laws, Customs, and Manners of its inhabitants, and the Author's remarkable Transactions among them. Taken from his own mouth, in his Passage to England, from off Cape Horn, in America, in the Ship Hector. With an Introduction, giving an Account of the surprising Manner of his coming on board that Vessel, and his death on his landing at Plymouth, in the Year 1739. By R.S. a passenger in the Hector. In two volumes.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Paltock, Robert, 1697-1767.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Voyages, Imaginary.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (2v. )
Other Title:
Life and adventures of Peter Wilkins,
Place of Publication:
Berwick : printed for W. Phorson, and B. Law, Ave-Maria-Lane. London, M.DCC.LXXXIV. [1784]
Notes:
Dedication signed R.P., i.e. R. Paltock.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Cited in:
English Short Title Catalog, T96627.
OCLC:
642758843

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