A cruising voyage round the world : first to the South-seas, thence to the East-Indies, and homewards by the cape of Good Hope : begun in 1708, and finish'd in 1711 : containing a journal of all the remarkable transactions : particularly, of the taking of Puna and Guiaquil, of the Acapulco 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 Sovth-sea trade / by Captain Woodes Rogers, commander in chief on this expedition, with the ships Duke and Dutchess of Bristol.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rogers, Woodes, d. 1732.

Series:

Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.

Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Voyages around the world.

Privateering.

Pilot guides--Pacific Coast.

Pilot guides.

Latin America--Description and travel.

Latin America.

Selkirk, Alexander, 1676-1721.

Selkirk, Alexander.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, [1], 428, 56, [14] p. ) incl. tables. 5 fold. maps ;

Other Title:

Cruising voyage round the world

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for A. Bell and B. Lintot, 1712.

Notes:

Imperfect: 2 maps wanting. (cf. Sabin)

"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": 56 p. at end.

Stephen calls this original edition extremely rare.

Reproduction of original from Library of Congress.

Sabin no. 72754.

Cited in:

RLIN, CTRG10122708-B

OCLC:

123404647