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Cooke, Edward, Captain
Title
A voyage to the South Sea, and round the world, perform'd in the years 1708, 1709, 1710, and 1711 : containing a journal of all memorable transactions during the said voyage, the winds, currents, and variation of the compass, the taking of towns of Puna and Guayaquil, and several prizes, one of which a rich Acapulco ship : a description of the American coasts, from Tierra del Fuego in the south, to California in the north, (from the coasting-pilot, a Spanish manuscript) : an historical account of all those countries from the best authors : with a new map and description of the mighty river of the Amazons : wherein an account is given of Mr. Alexander Selkirk, his manner of living and taming some wild beasts during the four years and four months he liv'd upon the uninhabited island of Juan Fernandes : illustrated with cuts and maps
Volume v. 2
Publisher
London : Printed by H.M. for B. Lintot and R. Gosling ..., A. Bettesworth ..., and W. Innys ...
Description
An account of the voyage under command of Woodes Rogers
Volume two has title: A voyage to the South Sea ... by the ships Duke and Dutchess of Bristol ... the description of all the American coasts along the South Sea, with above 300 bearings of the land, the principal harbours, and three large charts, all taken from the Spanish original draughts, never before printed. With a table of the latitudes and longitudes of all places, from California, to the Streights of Magellan ..
Includes index in each volume
Pagination: vol. 1 - 456, [12] p., 16, [3] leaves of plates (3 fold.) ; vol. 2 - [8], xxiv, 328, [8] p., [8] leaves of plates (6 fold.)

Subjects: Selkirk, Alexander, 1676-1721; Rogers, Woodes, d. 1732; Voyages around the world; Privateering; Pilot guides; World maps
Language English
Publication date 1712
publication_date QS:P577,+1712-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Current location
IA Collections: bplscdefoe; bostonpubliclibrary; americana
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voyagetosouthsea02cook
Authority file  OCLC: 1102114897
Source
Internet Archive identifier: voyagetosouthsea02cook
https://archive.org/download/voyagetosouthsea02cook/voyagetosouthsea02cook.pdf
  • IA contributor: Boston Public Library

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