A cruising voyage round the world
Subtitle: first to the South-seas, thence to the East-Indies, and homewards by the cape of Good Hope : begun in 1708, and finish'd in 1711 : containing a journal of all the remarkable transactions : particularly, of the taking of Puna and Guiaquil, of the Acapulco ship, and other prizes : an account of Alexander Selkirk's living alone four years and four months in an island : and a brief description of several countries in our course noted for trade, especially in the South-sea : with maps of all the coast, from the best Spanish manuscript draughts : and an introduction relating to the Sovth-sea trade
By: by Captain Woodes Rogers, commander in chief on this expedition, with the ships Duke and Dutchess of Bristol
Series: Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive. Part 2: Slave trade in the Atlantic world; Slavery & anti-slavery
Publisher: Printed for A. Bell and B. Lintot
Published: 1712
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 428
Subjects: Voyages around the world; Privateering; Pilot guides; Description and travel
Notes: Imperfect: 2 maps wanting. (cf. Sabin)

"Appendix, containing a description of the coast, roads, harbours ... and distances, from Acapulco ... to the island of Chiloe ... From the best Spanish manuscripts taken in the South-sea": 56 p. at end.

Stephen calls this original edition extremely rare.