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![Famous BuccANEERING VOYAGE RECORDING THE RESCUE OF “‘ ROBINSON CRUSOE.” [655] ROGERS (Captain Woodes). A Cruising Voyage round the World: first to the South Seas, thence to the East-Indies, and homewards by the Cape of Good Hope. Begun in 1708, and finish’d in 1711. With 5 folding maps. First Eprtion. 8vo. Original calf. London, 1712. x21 This work may be considered as a buccaneering classic. ‘“‘It is of great interest and of quaint humour that renders it delightful reading.” Capt. Woodes Rogers’ privateering expedition set sail from Bristol on August 2, 1708. It sailed down the coast of Brazil, and round Cape Horn into the South Sea, where, being threatened by a storm, it resolved to make for the deserted island of Juan Fernandez. Arriving off the island at night a light was seen which at first was believed to shew the presence of an enemy vessel, but a boat being sent to the shore the following morning, a man was discovered dressed in goat skins and speaking English with difficulty. This was the celebrated Alexander Selkirk, who had been marooned four years before by Capt. Stradling during Dampier’s voyage, and who has been immortalised as the original of Defoe’s “Robinson Crusoe.” An account of his adventures is given. The expedition now cruised along the coast of Peru, taking various prizes and finally reached California, then crossed the Pacific to Asia, and arrived home in 1711 by way of the Cape of Good Hope. Rogers gives a very interesting account of the Island of Guam and of his reception there by the Spaniards. [656 | Second Edition. 8vo. Original calf. London, 1718. £15 15s [657 | A Cruising Voyage round the World. Illustrated. 8vo. Cloth. London, 1928. 5s [658 ] Voyage Autour du Monde. With 7 folding maps and 15 engraved plates. First edition in French. 2 vols. in 3. 12mo. Calf. Amsterdam, 1716. £5 15s [659] ROLT (R.). A New and Accurate History of South America: containing a particular Account of some Accidents leading to the Discovery of the New World; of the Discovery made by Columbus, and other Adventurers; of the several attempts made to find out a North-East and North-West Passage. With a full Description of the Spanish Provinces of Chili, Paraguay, Peru, and Terra Firma. Of Guiana..., of Cayenne ..., of Brazil... , of that Part of Paraguay possessed by the Jesuits . , and of the various Nations of Indians, etc. Large engraved map of South America. 8vo. Half morocco, uncut, t.e.g. London, 1756. &6 6s [660] ROXAS (Father Martin de). El Desengafio a Tiempo, con sus Recuerdos, y Gritos para prevenirse a la Muerte. 16mo. Original vellum. Mexico, Herederos de Miguel de Ribera, c. 1680. £4 15s A curious little early Mexican imprint, being a treatise on spiritual matters. According to a note in the volume, the author was Mexican born and became a Jesuit at Tepozotlan in 1674. Sommervogel identifies the author with a Mexican poet named Arriola who on becoming a Jesuit wrote works of a similar nature. . [661] RUA (Fray Hernando de la). Manifestacion breve, radical y fundamental de la persecucion que ha padecido, y padece la Religion Serafica en las Provincias de Nueva Espana. 68 pp. Folio. n.p., n.d. (Madrid, c. 1670). £4 4s Report, addressed by the Franciscan Commissary-General to the General of the Order, on the persecution to which the Franciscans had been subjected in New Spain, from 1524 to the year 1669. A full account is given of the various lawsuits that had taken place at Puebla during the administration of Palafox, etc. [95 ]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31654344_0101.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
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