A JOURNEY OVER LAND, FROM THE GULF OF HONDURAS TO THE GREAT SOUTH-SEA. PERFORMED BY.AND FIVE OTHER ENGLISHMEN.WHO WERE TAKEN BY A SPANISH GUARDA-COSTA.AND SET ON SHOAR AT A PLACE CALLED PORTO- CAVALO.CONTAINING, VARIETY OF EXTRAORDINARY DISTRESSES AND ADVENTURES, AND SOME NEW AND USEFUL DISCOVERIES OF THE INLAND OF THOSE ALMOST UNKNOWN PARTS OF AMERICA: AS ALSO, AN EXACT ACCOUNT OF THE MANNERS, CUSTOMS, AND BEHAVIOUR OF THE SEVERAL INDIANS.TO WHICH IS ADDED.A BRIEF DISCOVERYE OF SOME THINGS BEST WORTH NOTEINGE IN THE TRAVELLS OF NICHOLAS WITHINGTON, A FACTOR IN THE EAST- INDIASE

Cockburn, John

Verlag: Printed for C. Rivington, London, 1735

Beschreibung

viii,349,[3]pp. plus folding frontispiece map. Contemporary calf, rebacked in modern calf to style, raised bands, gilt leather label. Contemporary ownership inscription ("Geo. B. Whitney") on titlepage. Some damp- staining in bottom right corner of text. Good plus. The first edition, with the rare folding map, of this frequently printed, highly important narrative which for many years was assumed to be fictional due to the severity of the "extraordinary distresses and adventures." The map depicts Central America and the Isthmus of Panama. "Cockburn and several other pirates were set ashore.at Puerto Caballos in 1730. After escaping from jail in San Pedro Sula, they crossed the Isthmus to San Salvador and thence traveled to Panama overland.The account is valuable, as few foreign observers visited Central America in the early eighteenth century" - Griffin. The Withington narrative, with its own titlepage, makes up the final eighty-five pages of this volume. FIELD 336. GRIFFIN 2530 (ref). SABIN 14095. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers WRCAM29634A

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Titel: A JOURNEY OVER LAND, FROM THE GULF OF ...

Verlag: Printed for C. Rivington, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1735