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The life and astonishing adventures of John Daniel, [electronic resource] : a smith at Royston in He...

The life and astonishing adventures of John Daniel, [electronic resource] : a smith at Royston in He...

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The life and astonishing adventures of John Daniel, [electronic resource] : a smith at Royston in Hertfordshire, for a course of seventy years. Containing, The melancholy Occasion of his Travels, His Shipwreck with one Companion on a desolate Island. Their way of Life. His accidental discovery of a Woman for his Companion. Their peopling the Island. Also a description of a most surprising eagle, invented by his son Jacob, on which he flew to the moon, with some Account of its Inhabitants. His return, and accidental Fall into the Habitation of a Sea Monster, with whom he lived two Years. His further Excursions in Search of England. His Residence in Lapland, and Travels to Norway, from whence he arrived at Aldborough, and further Transactions till his Death, in 1711. Aged 97.

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The life and astonishing adventures of John Daniel, [electronic resource] : a smith at Royston in Hertfordshire, for a course of seventy years. Containing, The melancholy Occasion of his Travels, His Shipwreck with one Companion on a desolate Island. Their way of Life. His accidental discovery of a Woman for his Companion. Their peopling the Island. Also a description of a most surprising eagle, invented by his son Jacob, on which he flew to the moon, with some Account of its Inhabitants. His return, and accidental Fall into the Habitation of a Sea Monster, with whom he lived two Years. His further Excursions in Search of England. His Residence in Lapland, and Travels to Norway, from whence he arrived at Aldborough, and further Transactions till his Death, in 1711. Aged 97.

Publisher

London : printed for T. Parker, at No. 17, West - Smithfield, M.DCC.LXX. [1770]

Uniform title

Narrative of the life and astonishing adventures of John Daniel.

Date

M.DCC.LXX. [1770]

Record Identifier

74VvXpQ4LbzX

MMS ID

991010897909702626

Language

English

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[2],319,[1]p. ; 12°.

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Publisher

London : printed for T. Parker, at No. 17, West - Smithfield, M.DCC.LXX. [1770]

Edition

The second edition.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

M.DCC.LXX. [1770]

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The life and astonishing adventures of John Daniel, [electronic resource] : a smith at Royston in Hertfordshire, for a course of seventy years. Containing, The melancholy Occasion of his Travels, His Shipwreck with one Companion on a desolate Island. Their way of Life. His accidental discovery of a Woman for his Companion. Their peopling the Island...

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General note

First issued in 1751 as 'A narrative of the life and astonishing adventures of John Daniel'.

Reproduction of original from Harvard University Houghton Library.

Citation / References Note

ESTC N12424.

Additional physical form availability note

Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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74VvXpQ4LbzX

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991010897909702626