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The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Robert Boyle, in Several Parts of the World - Intermix'd with the Story of Mrs. Villars, an English Lady with Whom He Made His Surprizing Escape from Barbary, the History of an Italian Captive, and the Life of Don... (Paperback)
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The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Robert Boyle, in Several Parts of the World - Intermix'd with the Story of Mrs. Villars, an English Lady with Whom He Made His Surprizing Escape from Barbary, the History of an Italian Captive, and the Life of Don... (Paperback)
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Title: The voyages and adventures of Captain Robert Boyle, in
several parts of the world: intermix'd with the story of Mrs.
Villars, an English lady with whom he made his surprizing escape
from Barbary, the history of an Italian captive, and the life of
Don Pedro Aquilio, &c., full of various and amazing turns of
fortune: to which is added The voyage, shipwreck, and miraculous
preservation of Richard Castleman, gent., with a descripton of the
city of Philadelphia and the country of Pensylvania.Author: W R
ChetwoodPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on
Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin
Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets,
serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their
discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original
accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward
expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native
Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin
Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western
hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores
of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of
the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North,
Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection
highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture,
contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides
access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons,
political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation,
literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality
digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand,
making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent
scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled
from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of
this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping
to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington
LibraryDocumentID: SABCP00973300CollectionID:
CTRG93-B346PublicationDate: 17260101SourceBibCitation: Selected
Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to
AmericaNotes: Attributed to William Chetwood.--Cf. Beasley, J.C., A
check list of prose fiction published in England 1740-1749, p. 24;
sometimes attributed to Benjamin Victor and Daniel Defoe--Cf. CBEL,
v. 2, p. 539. "Boyle's narrative is probably fictitious, but that
of Castleman bears mark of authenticity."--Rich's Bibl. americana
nova. Title on added t.p.: The voyage, shipwreck, and miraculous
escape of Richard Castleman.Collation: 350 p., 1] leaf of plates:
ill
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