An edition of Captain Singleton (1720)

The life, adventures, and pyracies, of the famous Captain Singleton

containing an account of his being set on shore in the island of Madagascar, his settlement there, with a description of the place and inhabitants : of his passage from thence, in a paraguay, to the main land of Africa : with an account of the customs and manners of the people : his great deliverance from the barbarous natives and wild beasts : of his meeting with an Englishman, a citizen of London, among the Indians, the great riches he acquired, and his voyage home to England : as also Captain Singleton's return to sea, with an account of his many adventures and pyracies with the famous Captain Avery and others. --

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An edition of Captain Singleton (1720)

The life, adventures, and pyracies, of the famous Captain Singleton

containing an account of his being set on shore in the island of Madagascar, his settlement there, with a description of the place and inhabitants : of his passage from thence, in a paraguay, to the main land of Africa : with an account of the customs and manners of the people : his great deliverance from the barbarous natives and wild beasts : of his meeting with an Englishman, a citizen of London, among the Indians, the great riches he acquired, and his voyage home to England : as also Captain Singleton's return to sea, with an account of his many adventures and pyracies with the famous Captain Avery and others. --

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Printed for J. Brotherton ..., J. Graves ..., A. Dodd ..., and T. Warner ...
Language
English
Pages
360

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Adventure stories, Description and travel, English Adventure stories, English Picaresque literature, English Sea stories, English language, Fiction, Imaginary Voyages, Pirates, Readers, Large type books, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, sea stories, Fiction, action & adventure

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Singleton Captain

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Cover of: The life of Captain Singleton
The life of Captain Singleton
1999, G.K. Hall
in English
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Cover of: Captain Singleton
Captain Singleton
April 12, 1973, Oxford University Press
Paperback - New Ed edition
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Cover of: The life, remarkable adventures and pyracies, of the famous Capt. Singleton
The life, remarkable adventures and pyracies, of the famous Capt. Singleton: containing an account of his being set on shore in the island of Madagascar... of his passage... Africa... with an account of his many adventures and pyracies with the famous Captain Avery and others.
1737, Printed for John King... and Thomas King...
in English - The second edition.
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Cover of: The life, adventures, and pyracies, of the famous Captain Singleton
The life, adventures, and pyracies, of the famous Captain Singleton: containing an account of his being set on shore in the island of Madagascar, his settlement there, with a description of the place and inhabitants... As also Captain Singleton's return to sea, with an account of his many adventures and pyracies with the famous Captain Avery and others.
1720, J. Brotherton [etc.]
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Cover of: The life, adventures, and pyracies, of the famous Captain Singleton
The life, adventures, and pyracies, of the famous Captain Singleton: containing an account of his being set on shore in the island of Madagascar, his settlement there, with a description of the place and inhabitants : of his passage from thence, in a paraguay, to the main land of Africa : with an account of the customs and manners of the people : his great deliverance from the barbarous natives and wild beasts : of his meeting with an Englishman, a citizen of London, among the Indians, the great riches he acquired, and his voyage home to England : as also Captain Singleton's return to sea, with an account of his many adventures and pyracies with the famous Captain Avery and others. --
1720, Printed for J. Brotherton ..., J. Graves ..., A. Dodd ..., and T. Warner ...
in English
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Cover of: The life, adventures, and pyracies, of the famous Captain Singleton
The life, adventures, and pyracies, of the famous Captain Singleton: containing an account of his being set on shore in the island of Madagascar, his settlement there, with a description of the place and inhabitants: of his passage from thence, in a Paraguay, to the main land of Africa, with an account of the customs and manners of the people : his great deliverances from the barbarous natives and wild beasts : of his meeting with an Englishman, a citizen of London, among the Indians, the great riches he acquired, and his voyage home to England : as also Captain Singleton's return adventures and pyracies with the famous Captain Avery and others.
1720, Printed for J. Brotherton ... J. Graves ... A. Dodd ... and T. Warner
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Edition Notes

Sometimes attributed to Captain Singleton himself, but believed to have been written by Daniel Defoe. Cf. Halkett & Laing.

Numbers 209-224 duplicated in paging.

Moore 435.

Ex libris Thomas Musgrave, and Ralph Willett, with their autographs on inside front cover, and t.p. respectively.

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PR3404

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Pagination
[1], 344 (i.e. 360) p.
Number of pages
360

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OL20970310M

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