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Woodes Rogers

British sea captain and governor of the Bahamas (1679–1732)

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    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. Containing a journal of all the remarkable transactions; particularly of the taking of Puna and Guiaquil, of the Acapulca ship, and other prizes: an account of Alexander Selkirk's living alone four years and four months in an island; and a brief description of several countries in our course noted for trade, especially in the South-Sea / With maps of all the coast, from the best Spanish manuscript draughts. And an introduction relating to the South-Sea trade.

    Woodes Rogers | Date: 1718

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