MARC Record from University of Toronto

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100 10 $aDefoe, Daniel,$d1661?-1731.
240 10 $aMadagascar.$f1807
245 14 $aThe adventures of Robert Drury,$bduring fifteen years captivity on the island of Madagascar : containing a description of that island : an account of its produce, manufactures, and commerce : with an account of the manners and customs, wars, religion, and civil policy of the inhabitants : to which is added, a vocabulary of the Madagascar language /$cwritten by himself, and now carefully revised and corrected from the original copy. --
260 0 $a[Hull] :$bLondon printed and sold by W. Meadows ... ; T. Astley ...; and B. Milles ..., 1743; reprinted for Stodart and Craggs, Hull,$c1807.
300 $axii, 457 p., [2] leaves of plates :$bill.
500 $aSometimes attributed to Robert Drury himself, but now believed to be a work of fiction written by Daniel Defoe. Cf. Moore.
500 $aCaption title: The surprising adventures of Mr Robert Drury.
500 $aFirst edition (London, 1729) has title: Madagascar, or Robert Drury's journal.
650 0 $aMalagasy language$xGlossaries, vocabularies, etc.
651 0 $aMadagascar$xDescription and travel
700 10 $aDrury, Robert,$dfl. 1729
740 41 $aThe surprising adventures of Mr Robert Drury
948 $a07/15/1992$b01/26/1993
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