A series of uncommon events which befell Capt. George Roberts
By: ed. by A. W. Lawrence.
Contributors: Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.; Lawrence, A. W. 1900-; Roberts, George, fl. 1726.
Series: The traveller's library; Travellers' library
Publisher: J. Cape
Published: 1930
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
Subjects: Voyages and travels.; Islands of the Atlantic.
Notes: Originally published in 1726 under title: The four years voyages of Capt. George Roberts.

Ascribed also to Defoe. According to the Dict. nat. biog. this ascription "seems unauthorized and unnecessary ... No reason can be alleged for doubting the existence of Roberts or the substantial truth of the narrative." According to W. P. Trent (in Camb. hist. of Eng. lit. v. 9, p. 25) though it may be the record of a real seaman, it "bears almost certain traces of Defoe's hand." cf. also Trent's Defoe, how to know him. p. 263.