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The loss of the Wager : the narratives of John Bulkeley and the Hon. John Byron
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Wreck of the Wager
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The loss of the Wager : the narratives of John Bulkeley and the Hon. John Byron / with an introduction by Alan Gurney.
ISBN
1843830965 (pbk.
Edition
New ed.
Published
Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 2004.
Physical Description
xxvi, 240 p. ; 22 cm.
Notes
Originally published: The Wreck of the Wager. London : Folio Society, 1983.
"A voyage to the South-Seas in the years 1740-1, by John Bulkeley and John Cummins, was first published in 1743, and The narrative of the Honourable John Byron in 1768. In this edition Bulkeley's account is reprinted from the first edition and Byron's from an edition published in 1785."
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English
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June 23, 2005
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-240).
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