Research Catalog

Title

A voyage round the world, by the way of the great South Sea [electronic resource] : performed in a private expedition during the war, which broke out with Spain, in the year 1718 / by Capt. George Shelvocke.

Author

Shelvocke, George.

Publication

London : Printed for W. Innys and J. Richardson, M. & T. Longman, 1757.

Details

Description

iii, [3], 476 p., [5] leaves of plates (3 fold.) : ill., map; 21 cm.

Subject

• Clipperton, John, active 1719-1722
• Speedwell (Ship)
• Success (Ship)
• Voyages around the world
• Buccaneers
• Anglo-Spanish War, 1718-1720
• South America > Description and travel
• Mexico > Description and travel
• Pacific Coast (South America) > Description and travel

Note

• First publ. 1726. "The second edition is much better printed than the first. It was edited by Shelvocke's son, who corrected the text extensively, in an effort to vindicate his father."--Hill I, p. 273.
• Caption title.
• Reproduction of original from Huntington Library.
• Sabin no. 80159.

Indexed In (note)

• RLIN

Reproduction (note)

• Electronic reproduction.

OCLC

CTRG99-B1528

Author

Shelvocke, George.

Title

A voyage round the world, by the way of the great South Sea [electronic resource] : performed in a private expedition during the war, which broke out with Spain, in the year 1718 / by Capt. George Shelvocke.

Imprint

London : Printed for W. Innys and J. Richardson, M. & T. Longman, 1757.

Edition

2nd ed., rev. and republ / by George Shelvocke.

Indexed In:

RLIN, CTRG99-B1528

Reproduction

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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