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1. A voyage to the South Sea, and round the world, perform'd in the years 1708, 1709, 1710, and 1711, by the ships Duke and Dutchess of Bristol : containing a journal of all memorable transactions during the said voyage : the winds, currents, and variation of the compass : the taking of the 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) : 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 : in two volumes / by Capt. Edward Cooke.

A voyage to the South Sea, and round the world, perform'd in the years 1708, 1709, 1710, and 1711, by the ships Duke and Dutchess of Bristol : containing a journal of all memorable transactions during the said voyage : the winds, currents, and variation of the compass : the taking of the 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) : 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 : in two volumes / by Capt. Edward Cooke.

Creator:: Cooke, Edward, Captain
Date:: MDCCXII [1712]
Physical Description:: 2 volumes : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. A narrative of the mutiny : on board His Majesty's Ship Bounty : and the subsequent voyage of part of the crew, in the ship's boat : from Tofoa, one of the Friendly Islands, to Timor, a Dutch Settlement in the East Indies / written by Lieutenant William Bligh ; illustrated with charts.

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Creator:: Bligh, William, 1754–1817
Date:: MDCCXC [1790]
Physical Description:: iv, 88 pages, [4] leaves of plates ([3] folded) : maps ; 32 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Empire, barbarism, and civilisation : James Cook, William Hodges, and the return to the Pacific / Harriet Guest.

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Creator:: Guest, Harriet
Date:: 2007
Physical Description:: xx, 249 p., [48] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library