قراءة كتاب Life Aboard a British Privateer in the Time of Queen Anne Being the Journal of Captain Woodes Rogers, Master Mariner
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Life Aboard a British Privateer in the Time of Queen Anne Being the Journal of Captain Woodes Rogers, Master Mariner
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LIFE ABOARD A BRITISH PRIVATEER.
LIFE ABOARD A BRITISH PRIVATEER
IN THE TIME OF QUEEN ANNE.
BEING THE JOURNAL OF
CAPTAIN WOODES ROGERS,
MASTER MARINER.
WITH NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS BY
ROBERT C. LESLIE.
LONDON:
CHAPMAN AND HALL, LIMITED,
HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN.
1889.
CHISWICK PRESS:—C. WHITTINGHAM AND CO., TOOKS COURT,
CHANCERY LANE.
CONTENTS.
| PAGE | |
|---|---|
| Introduction | 1 |
| CHAPTER I. | |
| From King Road, Bristol, to Cork in Ireland | 5 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| Amongst the Canary Islands | 21 |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| From Grande towards Juan Fernandez | 41 |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| From Lobos towards Guiaquil in Peru | 67 |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| Among the Gallapagos Islands and at Gorgona Road in Peru | 90 |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| Sailing toward the Islands of Guam and Bouton, thence To Batavia, and round the Cape of Good Hope, Home | 110 |
| Appendix | 131 |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
| PAGE | |
|---|---|
| Running past Mine Head | Frontispiece |
| Section of Eighteenth Century Frigate | 9 |
| Captain Rogers' Carriage Stops the Way | 15 |
| Crossing the Tropick | 24 |
| Figure of the Quadrant and Manner of Observation | 26 |
| Figure of the Cross-staff and Manner of Observation | 27 |
| The Figure of the Nocturnal | 28 |
| Captain Rogers gives the "Duke" a Great List | 36 |
| The Bird "Alcatros" | 41 |
| The "Dutchess" in Difficulties | 47 |
| Juan Fernandez | 50 |
| Mr. Selkirk joins the "Duke" Frigate | 52 |
| Captains Rogers and Dover under the Piemento Trees | 61 |
| Pinnaces under Sail | 63 |
| A Council of War | 76 |
| The "Duke" takes the Manila Ship | |