Williams, Glyndwr.
Contents: El Mar del Sur : the Spanish lake -- "The world encompassed" : Drake and his successors -- Geographical enigmas and literary utopias -- "They were not come out to go upon discovery" : buccaneers and interlopers in the South Sea -- "I speak as to the compass of my own knowledge" : Dampier's explorations and writings -- The "cruising voyages" of Dampier and Rogers -- "A gross, palpable illusion"...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 1997
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: H. Hamilton 1993