God's Protecting Providence, Man's Surest Help in Times of Greatest Difficulty and Most Eminent Danger: Evidenced in the Remarkable Deliverance of Robert Barrow, with Divers other Persons from the Devouring Waves, among which they Suffered Shipwrack [sic]: And also, From the cruel Devouring Jaws of the Inhuman Canibals of Florida
Published by Sold by the Assigns of J. Sowle, London, 1720
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Third edition. [10], 94pp. Errors in pagination. 8vo. The rare third edition, following the unobtainable Philadelphia 1699 edition and the very rare London edition of 1700, of this important Florida captivity narrative. "The author was a Quaker merchant who, with his wife and young son, together with Robert Barrow, a Quaker missionary, and others aboard the ship Reformation, were cast ashore in August, 1696, during a trip from Port Royal to Philadelphia. The party was seized by Indians near Jupiter Island, robbed of their possessions, but allowed to make their way on foot to St. Augustine, 200 miles distant. They were befriended by the Spaniards who sent them on their way to Charleston" (Servies). The journal ends with the death of Robert Barrow after the group's arrival at Philadelphia. "This book has more literary merit than most of the travel accounts of the period.The author gives a clear account of the Indians of Florida and their customs, describes the city of St. Augustine and its fortifications, and gives one of the best accounts we have of the coast from St. Augustine to Charleston" (Clark). Of the Philadelphia 1699 edition of Dickenson's narrative, Field says: "it is certainly one of the rarest gems of the book collector. A perfect copy would be eagerly seized by half a score of this class at any price.The second edition is almost equally rare, at least I have never seen, or indeed known of a copy." Eberstadt, writing in 1953 describing an example of the present edition notes: "This third edition is the earliest one can reasonably hope to acquire" (Eberstadt 131:273). ESTC T138151; Sabin 20014; Ayer, Captivity 66; Clark, Old South 1:73 (2); Field 426; Howes D317; Vail, Old Frontier 327; Servies 237 Contemporary calf, covers bordered in blind. Minor foxing. Provenance: John Bonry (early manuscript bookplate dated 1751); Martha Spriggs (early signature) [10], 94pp. Errors in pagination. 8vo.…
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- Title
- God's Protecting Providence, Man's Surest Help in Times of Greatest Difficulty and Most Eminent Danger: Evidenced in the Remarkable Deliverance of Robert Barrow, with Divers other Persons from the Devouring Waves, among which they Suffered Shipwrack [sic]: And also, From the cruel Devouring Jaws of the Inhuman Canibals of Florida
- Author
- Dickenson, Jonathan
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- Sold by the Assigns of J. Sowle, London
- Publication year
- 1720
- Edition
- Third edition.
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- Americana, History, Travel & Geography
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