The four years voyages of Capt. George Roberts : being a series of uncommon events, which befell him in a voyage to the islands of the Canaries, Cape de Verde, and Barbadoes, from whence he was bound to the coast of Guiney ... / written by himself.
| Author/creator | Roberts, George |
| Other author | Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London : Printed for A. Bettesworth [etc.], 1726. |
| Description | 458 p., [5] leaves of plates : ill., map ; 20 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926 |
| Subjects |
| Series | Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926 Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. |
| Local note | GEO-268 |
| General note | Ascribed also to Defoe. According to the Dict. nat. biog. this ascription "seems unauthorized and unnecessary ... No reason can be alleged for doubting the existence of Roberts or the substantial truth of the narrative." According to W. P. Trent (in Camb. hist. of Eng. lit. v. 9, p. 25) though it may be the record of a real seaman, it "bears almost certain traces of Defoe's hand." Cf. also Trent's Defoe, how to know him. p. 263. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from Huntington Library. |
| General note | Sabin no. 71888. |
| References | RLIN, CTRG93-B534 |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |