A journal of the shipwreck and sufferings of Daniel Foss : a native of Elkton, Maryland, who was the only person saved from on board the brig Negociator, of Philadelphia, which foundered in the Pacific Ocean, on the 26th Nov. 1809, and who lived five years on a small barren island, during which time he subsisted on seals and never saw the face of any human creature.

Author/creator Foss, Daniel
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBoston : Printed for N. Coverly, Jr., 1816.
Description24 p.
Supplemental ContentGale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926
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SeriesSabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED
Local noteLIT-346
General note"The public may rely on the truth of the proceeding narrative of the shipwreck and sufferings of D. Foss, who is now living with his relatives in Elkton, Maryland, and has deposited in the Philadelphia Museum, the oar, which he so highly prized, and on which he kept a reckoning of the number of days he passed on the dreary island."
General noteReproduction of original from Huntington Library.
General noteSabin no. 25189.
References RLIN, CTRG93-B4253
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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