The narrative of Captain David Woodard and four seamen, who lost their ship while in a boat at sea, and surrendered themselves up to the Malays, in the island of Celebes. Containing an ... account of their sufferings ... and their escape from the Malays, after a captivity of two years and a half: also an account of the manners and customs of the country, and a description of the harbours and coast, &c. Together with an introduction, and an appendix, containing narratives of various escapes from shipwrecks ... / [edited by William Vaughan].
- Woodard, D. N. (David N.)
- Date:
- 1804
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The narrative of Captain David Woodard and four seamen, who lost their ship while in a boat at sea, and surrendered themselves up to the Malays, in the island of Celebes. Containing an ... account of their sufferings ... and their escape from the Malays, after a captivity of two years and a half: also an account of the manners and customs of the country, and a description of the harbours and coast, &c. Together with an introduction, and an appendix, containing narratives of various escapes from shipwrecks ... / [edited by William Vaughan]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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