THE ENGLISH HERMIT;: or, Surprising Adventures of Philip Quarll, who was discovered on an Uninhabited Island in the South Sea: Where he lived above fifty years, without any human assistance.
by [LONGUEVILLE, Peter]:
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About This Item
First published in 1727, the work borrowed substantially from William Dampier's Voyages for its geographical descriptions. This has been most notably demonstrated by Dampier biographer William Bonner, who has shown that the island on which Quarll is shipwrecked is identical in its topography to one of the Tres Marias group off the coast of California, located and described by Dampier in his Voyages (Bonner, 'Captain William Dampier').
Only two UK institutional holdings of this edition are recorded by Library Hub (British Library and University of Manchester).
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- Bookseller
- Sky Duthie Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1077
- Title
- THE ENGLISH HERMIT;
- Author
- [LONGUEVILLE, Peter]:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Dean and Munday.
- Date Published
- 1815
- Keywords
- Literature|Travel & Exploration
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