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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 South-sea trade

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  • Other Name

    Rogers Voyages -- [Spine Title] (Alternate title)

  • Description

    "Rogers' account is considered as a buccaneering classic. With William Dampier as pilot, Captain Woodes Rogers' privateering expedition set sail from Bristol. After sailing down the coast of Brazil and rounding Cape Horn, he made for the deserted island of Juan Fernandez to seek shelter from a severe storm.

    There Rogers rescued the celebrated Alexander Selkirk, a Scot who had been marooned several years before by Captain Stradling during Dampier's earlier voyage, and who has been immortalized as the prototype for Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe. An account of Selkirk's true adventures is given. The expedition then cruised the coast of Peru, taking various prizes, reached California, and crossed the Pacific to Asia. The high point of this circumnavigation was the capture of the Manila galleon, in 1709, at Puerto Seguro. A bit of Rogers' Spanish plunder is offered in the Appendix" (Hill). "It is a work of great interest and possesses a quaint humor that renders it delightful reading. In many respects the voyage was a notable one, but in none more than this, that with a mongrel crew, and with officers often mutinous, good order and discipline were maintained throughout. The original edition is extremely rare" (Cox). Along with Shelvocke and Dampier, Rogers' voyage was one of the few English expeditions to reach the South Seas in the early part of the 18th century. Scarcely found complete. Hill 1479.

  • Place
  • Other Id

    G925.R73 ROG 1718 (Library of Congress Call Number)

    35365 (Cat ID)

    63117 (DBTextworks system ID)

    28180 (Presto content ID)

  • Department

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  • Object Type
  • Name/Title
    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 South-sea trade
  • Other Name

    Rogers Voyages -- [Spine Title] (Alternate title)

  • Primary Maker

    Woodes Rogers (Author)

  • Contributor/Publisher
    Printed for A. Bell and B. Lintot
  • Place
  • Date
    1718
  • Physical Description

    xxi, [1], 428, 56, [14] pages, [5] folded leaves of plates : maps ; 20 cm

  • Language
    English
  • Collection
  • Level of Current Record
    Bib record
  • Member Object

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  • Edition/State/Version
    Second Edition, Corrected
  • Subject Category
  • Content
    "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.
    Includes "An Alphabetical Index of places, &c."
    Five maps include
    A Map of the World with the ships Duke and Dutchess [sic] tract round it from 1708 to 1711
    The South Sea Coast split into four maps -
    Mexico or New Spain
    New Spain, the Isthmus of Darien, Popayan, Quito, Peru
    Peru and Chili
    Chili.
  • Public Access Text

    [Keywords: Indonesia--Discovery and exploration; Guam--Early works to 1800]

    ESTC, T142262.

  • Subject Notes
    Woodes Rogers was an English sea captain and privateer and, later, the first Royal Governor of the Bahamas. He is known as the captain of the vessel that rescued marooned Alexander Selkirk, whose plight is generally believed to have inspired Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe.--Wikipedia page
  • Collection Type
    Reserve Collection
  • Copyright
    All rights reserved
  • Last Update
    19 Dec 2023

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