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.
Published / Created:
London : Printed by H.M. for B. Lintot and R. Gosling in Fleet-Street, A. Bettesworth on London-Bridge, and W. Innys in St. Paul's Church-Yard, MDCCXII [1712]
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
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View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:1500570
Classification:
Books
Notes:
The subtitle varies in vol. 2: Being a continuation of the voyage from California, through India, and north about into England : the description of all the American coasts along the South Sea, with above 300 bearing 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 : to which is prefix'd, an introduction, wherein, besides other material particulars, is an account of the cargo of the Acapulco prize, of the commodities the West Indies are furnish'd with, by way of trade, from the several parts of Europe, and what returns come from thence : volume two and last.
Subject Terms:
Selkirk, Alexander, 1676-1721. | Voyages around the world -- Early works to 1800. | Rogers, Woodes, -1732 | Privateering -- Early works to 1800. | Latin America -- Early works to 1800. | Pilot guides -- Pacific Coast -- Early works to 1800. | Latin America -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800. | Oceania -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800. | South America -- Maps -- Early works to 1800. | Marañón River (Peru) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800. | Santiago (Chile) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800. | Cuzco (Peru) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800. | Gosse, Philip -- Bookplate. | Campbell, Colonel -- Autograph.
