A COLLECTION OF ORIGINAL VOYAGES: CONTAINING I. CAPT. COWLEY'S VOYAGE ROUND THE GLOBE. II. CAPTAIN SHARP'S JOURNEY OVER THE ISTHMUS OF DARIEN, AND EXPEDITION INTO THE SOUTH SEAS, WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. III. CAPT. WOOD'S VOYAGE THRO' THE STREIGHTS OF MAGELLAN. IV. MR. ROBERTS'S ADVENTURES AMONG THE CORSAIRS OF THE LEVANT; HIS ACCOUNT OF THEIR WAY OF LIVING; DESCRIPTION OF THE ARCHIPELAGO ISLANDS, TAKING OF SCIO, &c.

Hacke, William:

Published by London: Printed for James Knapton, 1699.

A classic of pirate literature although it is doubtful that Hacke was ever the buccaneer he claimed to be, as a chartmaker in Wapping, he certainly must have known many of the British pirates. Indeed, it was from Bartholomew Sharpe that he was supplied with the captured Spanish Waggoner atlas from which he made several manuscript copies for presentation. Of the four narratives contained in this work, two are piratical accounts. The first, Sharpe's own account, here printed for the first time, describes his freebooting cruise in the Pacific, including the attempted sack of New Panama in 1680. There are five other accounts of this cruise (i.e. Wafer, Ringrose, Dick, Dampier, and Cox). The second piratical memoir contained herein is Roberts' account of his adventures with the Greek pirates, his subsequent escape, and his final participation with the Venetian fleet at the battle of Scio. The first of Hacke's two other subjects, "Captain Wood," made his visit to the Straits of Magellan in 1670. The second, Cowley, sailed from Virginia with Captain Cooke and later joined Eaton's ship on an independent circumnavigation. At that time, they sailed further south than any predecessor, and visited and named various of the Galapagos Islands. They also visited South Africa and there is a description of Cape Town. The maps are by Herman Moll, and the world map shows California as an island. The three unnumbered pages at the end are ads for other books printed by Knapton, including works by Dampier and Wafer, works on commerce and trade, and Latin classics. One of the flagpoles of British buccaneering literature. HILL 741. SABIN 29473. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 699/96. NMM 4:239. WING H168.ESTC R18121. 19th-century polished calf, spine gilt, boards and board edges ruled in gilt, gilt inner dentelles. Binding rubbed, front and rear joints cracked, front joint crudely repaired. Old bookseller's description affixed to front pastedown. Text tanned, occasional foxing, some light dampstaining. Trimmed close with a few minimal losses to running heads and printed marginal notes. One-inch closed tear along fold to lower edge of world map touching text but without loss. Contemporary ink inscriptions to titlepage, occasional annotations to text. About very good. Seller Inventory # 68779

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Title: A COLLECTION OF ORIGINAL VOYAGES: CONTAINING...
Publisher: London: Printed for James Knapton, 1699.