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Voyages.- Robinson Crusoe.- .- Rogers (Woodes) A
Voyages.- Robinson Crusoe.- .- Rogers (Woodes) A
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Voyages.- Robinson Crusoe.- Rogers (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 ..., first edition, 5 folding engraved maps including Herman Moll's map of the world (a little soiled and stained, trimmed close and lacking lower right folding portion, reinforced at lower edge), other maps with a few tears to folds, old ink inscription "Jams. Jackson his Booke" below 'Memorandum' at end of preliminaries, text browned, modern half calf, [Hill 1479; Sabin 72753], 8vo, for A. Bell and B. Lintot, 1712.


⁂ Famous account of privateering in the South Seas. Rogers set out from Bristol with William Dampier as his pilot and travelled along the coasts of Chile and Peru seeking out Spanish prizes. He landed on the Juan Fernandez islands in order to shelter from a storm, and there rescued the marooned Alexander Selkirk, the inspiration for Defoe's Robinson Crusoe.
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Voyages.- Robinson Crusoe.- .- Rogers (Woodes) A

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Max Hasler
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