Author(s): William Dampier
Format: Hardback
No. of Pages: 576
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Language: English
Date Published: 2018-01-30
Dimensions: 152 x 229 x 32mm
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Illustrations: 550 Illustrations; Illustrations, black and white

Excerpt from A Voyage to New-Holland, &C. In the Year 1699, Vol. 3: Wherein Are Described, the Canary-Islands, the Isles of Mayo and St. Jago; The Bay of All-Saints, With the Forts and Town of Bahia in Brasil Others have taxed me with borrowing from other men'sjournals, and with Infufficiency, as if I was not my felf the Author of what I Write, but piiblilhed Things digefied and drawn up by Others. 1 As to the firi't Part of this Obie: E'tion, I afiiire the Reader, I have taken no thing froiir any Man without mentioning his. Narne, except fotne very few Relations and particular Obfe'rvations received from credible Perfons Who def red net to be named; and thefe I have always expreflly difiinguiihed in my Books, from what I relate as of my own obfervmg. And as to the latter 3 I think it Io far from being a Diminution to one of my' Education and Employment, to have what I write, Revifed and Corree'ted by Friends; that on the contrary, the belt and molt eminent Authors are not aihamed to own the fame Thing, and look upon it as an Adyah tage. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.