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 finished in 1711
Author
Woodes Rogers
(1679?-1732)
Date1718
Object number00028617
NameBook
MediumInk on paper, leather
DimensionsOverall: 196 x 125 x 37 mm, 0.65 kg
Display Dimensions: 197 x 137 x 39 mm
Display Dimensions: 197 x 137 x 39 mm
ClassificationsBooks and journals
Credit LineANMM Collection
HistoryThe book is an account of Captain Woodes Rogers privateering expedition against the Spanish in the Pacific Ocean in the ships DUKE and DUCHESS and the rescuing of the marooned Alexander Selkirk. Rogers was the first Englishman, in circumnavigating the globe, to have his original ships and most of his crew survive.Captain George Dixon
1789