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Rogers, Woodes (c. 1679-1732) A Cruising Voyage Round the World: First to the South-Seas, thence to the East-Indies, and homewards by the Cape of Good Hope.
London: Printed for Andrew Bell & Bernard Lintot, 1718.
Second edition, octavo, illustrated with five folding engraved maps, each neatly backed with linen; bound in later full calf, period style; contemporary inscription of Thomas Darkin to title page; ex libris Henley Evans and William George Smith, with bookplates; armorial bookplate dated 1764 belonging to Francis Rogers pasted on ffep; signatures of a few 20th century Governors of the Bahamas on front endpapers; although this copy seems to have been in the hands of Francis Rogers's descendants, based on later inscriptions, however, the Francis Rogers bookplate is described as having been removed from a copy of De Foe's True-born Englishman, strongly suggesting that this copy was not owned by Bristol merchant and part owner of the Duke and Dutchess, Francis Rogers; 7 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.
"This work may be considered as a buccaneering classic. With William Dampier as pilot, Captain Woodes Rogers' privateering expedition set sail from Bristol. After sailing down the coast of Brazil and rounding Cape Horn, he made for the deserted island of Juan Fernandez, due to a severe storm. There, Rogers rescued the celebrated Alexander Selkirk, a Scot who had been marooned many years before by Captain Stradling during Dampier's earlier voyage, and who has been immortalized as the prototype for Robinson Crusoe. An account of his true adventures is given. The expedition then cruised the coast of Peru, taking various prizes, reached California, and crossed the Pacific to Asia." (Quoted from Hill.)
ESTC T131767; Sabin 72755; Hill 258.
From the Library of the late Stanley DeForest Scott, sold to benefit the Library of the Grolier Club.
