Title: A cruising voyage round the world: first to the South-sea,
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.Author: Woodes
RogersPublisher: 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: SABCP02843300CollectionID:
CTRG99-B297PublicationDate: 17180101SourceBibCitation: Selected
Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to
AmericaNotes: Includes index.Collation: xix, 428, 57, 7] p., 4]
folded leaves of plates: maps; 20 cm
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