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A cruising voyage round the world : first to the South-seas, thence to the East-Indies, and homewards by the cape of Good Hope. Begun in 1708, and finish'd in 1711. Containing a journal of all the remarkable transactions ; particularly, of the taking of Puna and Guiaquil, of the Acapulco ship, and other prizes ; an account of Alexander Selkirk's living alone four years and four months in an island ; and a brief description of several countries in our course noted for trade, especially in the South-sea. With maps of all the coast, from the best Spanish manuscript draughts. And an introduction relating to the South-sea trade
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