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CAMPBELL (ALEXANDER)
The Sequel to Bulkeley and Cummins' Voyage to the South-Seas: or, the Adventures of Capt. Cheap, the Hon. Mr. Byron, Lieut. Hamilton, Alexander Campbell, and Others, Late of his Majesty's Ship the Wager, Which Was Wrecked on a Desolate Island... in the South-Seas, Anno 1741, FIRST EDITION, Printed for the Author, and Sold by W. Owen, 1747

26 February 2020, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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CAMPBELL (ALEXANDER)

The Sequel to Bulkeley and Cummins' Voyage to the South-Seas: or, the Adventures of Capt. Cheap, the Hon. Mr. Byron, Lieut. Hamilton, Alexander Campbell, and Others, Late of his Majesty's Ship the Wager, Which Was Wrecked on a Desolate Island... in the South-Seas, Anno 1741, FIRST EDITION, contemporary marbled boards, rebacked in morocco with gilt morocco lettering label, preserved in cloth solander box [Hill 243; Sabin 10205], 8vo, Printed for the Author, and Sold by W. Owen, 1747

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A counterblast to the narrative published by the mutineers Bulkeley and Cummins in 1743. Campbell was one the fourteen men who chose to remain with Captain David Cheap after the wreck of the H.M.S. Wager. The party made their way along the coast of Chile aided by the local indigenous population, until captured by Spanish authorities, and eventually returning to England in 1746. "This work was recalled soon after it was published and suppressed, so that few copies are to be found" (Hill).

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