A voyage to the South Seas, in the years 1740-1 : Containing a faithful narrative of the loss of His Majesty's Ship the the [sic] Wager on a desolate island in the latitude 47 south, longitude 81:40 west ... Interspersed with many entertaining and curious observations, not taken notice of by Sir John Narborough, or any other journalist, with many things not published in the first edition. By John Bulkeley and John Cummins, late gunner and carpenter of the Wager.

Author/creator Bulkeley, John
Other author Cummins, John (Ship's carpenter), author.
Format Electronic
EditionThe second edition, with additions. [Four lines from Waller].
Publication Info[Philadelphia] : London, printed. Philadelphia: reprinted by James Chattin, for the author, 1757. (Price 10s)
Descriptionxxxii,256,267-306 pages ; 8⁰.
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General noteDedicated to William Denny and Edward Vernon.
General noteErrors in paging: p. 125 misnumbered 124; page numbers 257-266 omitted from pagination.
General noteList of subscribers, p. [xvi]-xxxii.
General noteErrata, p. 306.
General noteReproduction of original from the British Library.
References Evans, 7859
References Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 1519
References English Short Title Catalog, ESTCW29694.
Reproduction noteJoyner- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements

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