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A voyage to the South Seas, in the years 1740-1. [electronic resource] : Containing a faithful narra...

A voyage to the South Seas, in the years 1740-1. [electronic resource] : Containing a faithful narra...

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A voyage to the South Seas, in the years 1740-1. [electronic resource] : Containing a faithful narrative of the loss of His Majesty's Ship the the [sic] Wager on a desolate island in the latitude 47 south, longitude 81:40 west ... Interspersed with many entertaining and curious observations, no taken notice of by Sir John Narborough, or any other journalist, with many things not published in the first edition. By John Bulkeley and John Cummins, late gunner and carpenter of the Wager.

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A voyage to the South Seas, in the years 1740-1. [electronic resource] : Containing a faithful narrative of the loss of His Majesty's Ship the the [sic] Wager on a desolate island in the latitude 47 south, longitude 81:40 west ... Interspersed with many entertaining and curious observations, no taken notice of by Sir John Narborough, or any other journalist, with many things not published in the first edition. By John Bulkeley and John Cummins, late gunner and carpenter of the Wager.

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Publisher

[Philadelphia] : London, printed. Philadelphia: reprinted by James Chattin, for the author, 1757. (Price 10s)

Date

1757. (Price 10s)

Record Identifier

74Vvemz8LeDO

MMS ID

991016990559702626

Language

English

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Physical content

xxxii,256,267-306p. ; 8°.

Publication information

Publisher

[Philadelphia] : London, printed. Philadelphia: reprinted by James Chattin, for the author, 1757. (Price 10s)

Edition

The second edition, with additions. [Four lines from Waller].

Place of Publication

United States of America

Date Published

1757. (Price 10s)

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Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.

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A voyage to the South Seas, in the years 1740-1. [electronic resource] : Containing a faithful narrative of the loss of His Majesty's Ship the the [sic] Wager on a desolate island in the latitude 47 south, longitude 81:40 west ... Interspersed with many entertaining and curious observations, no taken notice of by Sir John Narborough, or any other j...

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Notes

General note

Dedicated to William Denny and Edward Vernon.

Errata, p. 306.

Errors in paging: p. 125 misnumbered 124; page numbers 257-266 omitted from pagination.

List of subscribers, p. [xvi]-xxxii.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Citation / References Note

ESTC W29694.

Evans, 7859.

Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 1519.

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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74Vvemz8LeDO

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vvemz8LeDO

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MMS ID

991016990559702626