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Shipwrecks - Early works to 1800

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    An account of the shipwreck and captivity of Mr. de Brisson . With a description of the deserts of Africa, from Senegal to Morocco. From his own observation, while harrasted from Place to Place by the vandering Arabs. Translated from the French, by the translator of Grosier's Description of China.

    Brisson, Pierre-Raymond de, 1745-1820?. | Date: [1790]
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    The surprizing yet real and true voyages and adventures of Monsieur Pierre Viaud. A French sea-captain To which is added, The shipwreck. A sentimental and descriptive poem, in three cantos. By William Falconer, an English sailor. [Two lines of verse].

    Dubois-Fontanelle, Jean Gaspard, 1737-1812. | Date: MDCCLXXIV. [1774]
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    A narrative or journal, of the Duke of Cumberland, Indiaman, Captain Robert Osborn . From the time she sailed from the Downs, until she was unfortunately cast away (Jan. 18, last) near Cape Verd, on the coast of Africa. ... Written by one of the sufferers, ..

    One of the Sufferers. | Date: 1750
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    Sunday reading . The Ship-Wreck. To which is Added, The Execution of Wild Robert.

    | Date: [1795?]

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