Madagascar: or, Robert Drury's journal: during fifteen years captivity on that island. Containing, I. His Voyage to the East Indies, and short Stay there. II. An Account of the Shipwreek of the Degrave on the Island of Madagascar; the Murder of Captain Younge and his Ship's Company, except Admiral Bembo's Son, and some few Others, who escap'd the Hands of the barbarous Natives. III. His being taken into Captivity, hard Usage, Marriage, and Variety of Fortune. IV. His Travels through the Island, and Description of it; as to its Situation, Product, Manufactures, Commodities, &c. V. The Nature of the People, their Customs, Wars, Religion, and Policy: As also, The Conferences between the Author and some of their Chiefs, concerning the Christians and Their Religion. VI. His Redemption from thence by Capt. Mackett. Commander of the Prince of Wales, in the East India Company's Service; his Arrival to England, and Second Voyage thither. Vii. A Vocabulary of the Madagascar Language. The Whole is a faithful Narrative of Matters of Fact, interspers'd with Variety of surprizing Incidents, and illustrated with a Sheet Map of Madagascar, and Cuts. Written by himself; digested into Order, and now Publish'd at the Request of his Friends
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1. Verfasser: Drury, Robert 1687-1734? (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London printed: and sold by J. Brotherton, in Cornhill ; T. Worrall, at the Judge's Head in Fleetstreet ; and J. Jackson, near St. James's Gate, Pall-Mall M,DCC,XXXI. [1731]
Ausgabe:The second edition
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Beschreibung:A reissue of the first edition, with a different titlepage
Drury's authorship has been disputed. Sometimes attributed to Daniel Defoe (Trent ("strong probability"), Hutchins, Moore, Novak ("Edited and written in part by Defoe"). Attribution disputed by Furbank and Owens, Defoe de-attributions
English Short Title Catalog, T70324
Moore, 511
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