The surprising adventures and sufferings of John Rhodes, a seaman of Workington
Subtitle: --Containing-- An account of his captivity and cruel treatment during eight years with the Indians, and five years in different prisons amongst the Spaniards in South-America
By: By a gentleman perfectly acquainted with the unfortunate sufferer
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 34461
Publisher: Printed for R. Cotton, by G. Forman, no. 64, Water-Street.
Published: 1798
Place of publication: New-York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
Subjects: Indians of Central America; Captivities
Notes: A first person narrative, purportedly from Rhodes's manuscript journal, but probably fictitious. The account resembles, and is evidently a reworking of, The surprizing adventures of John Roach, mariner of Whitehaven (Whitehaven, [1784?], Liverpool, 1785, and Dumfries, 1788 editions).

Signatures: pi⁴ A-V⁶ W².

Error in paging: p. 249-252 misnumbered 247-250.

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