A Cruising Voyage Round the World. First to the South Seas thence to the East Indies and Homeward by the Cape of Good Hope. ...

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London 1712 (facsimile reprint Amsterdam 1969). Thick 8vo. Orig. boards with coloured titling-labels. (2 xxii 428 70pp.). With 5 folding maps. (Bibliotheca Australiana No. 63). Fine. NOTE: Woodes Rogers (circa 1679-1732) was an English sea captain who with two ships sailed round the world from 1708 to 1711. During the voyage he had several engagements with the Spaniards in the Pacific and rescued Alexander Selkirk the castaway who was the inspiration for 'Robinson Crusoe.'