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Sale 566 - Fine Books in All Fields - Limited Editions Club (#566) 08/06/2015 11:00 AM PDT Closed

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Lot #87A faithful account of the distresses and adventures of John Cockburn, mariner, and five other Englishmen; Who were taken prisoners by a Spanish pyrate; treated in the most inhuman manner; set on shore, on an uninhabited island, naked and wounded, and obliged to travel over land from the Gulf of Honduras to the Great South-Sea, being 2400 miles... To which is annexed, the travels of Mr. Nicholas Whithington, a factor in the East-Indies...

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Estimate: $500 - $800

Sale 566 - Fine Books in All Fields - Limited Editions Club (#566) 08/06/2015 11:00 AM PDT Closed

Starts Ending 08/06/2015 11:00 AM PDT

Auction Info
  • A faithful account of the distresses and adventures of John Cockburn, mariner, and five other Englishmen; Who were taken prisoners by a Spanish pyrate; treated in the most inhuman manner; set on shore, on an uninhabited island, naked and wounded, and obli
  • A faithful account of the distresses and adventures of John Cockburn, mariner, and five other Englishmen; Who were taken prisoners by a Spanish pyrate; treated in the most inhuman manner; set on shore, on an uninhabited island, naked and wounded, and obli - 2