A Cruising Voyage Around the World

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Woodes Rogers. A Cruising Voyage Around the World

A Cruising Voyage Around the World

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INTRODUCTION

THE DEDICATION

A. Cruising VOYAGE. Round the. WORLD, Begun August 1. 1708. and Finished October 14. 1711

A Description of Guiaquil

A Description of the Province of Guiaquil

California described

Mexico describ’d

Peru Described

Chili describ’d

The Island of Guam Describ’d

Bouton Describ’d

A Description of Batavia

A Short Description of the Cape of Good Hope

INDEX

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Woodes Rogers

Published by Good Press, 2019

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On the 17th, near the north coast of Java, they met a Dutch ship of 600 tons—the first eastward-bound merchantman they had seen for nearly two years. From her they had their first items of home news, the death of Prince George of Denmark, the Consort of Queen Anne, and the continuation of the wars in Europe. Three days later they anchored safely in the roadstead of Batavia “betwixt 30 and 40 sail, great and small.”

After such a long and perilous voyage the crew were naturally overjoyed at being in port. To them Batavia was a perfect paradise. They hugged each other, and thanked their lucky stars that they had found “such a glorious place for Punch, where they could have Arrack for 8d. per gallon, and sugar for 1 penny a pound.” In spite of the humours of his ship’s company Rogers was still very ill, the doctor having recently cut a large musket shot out of his mouth, and while at Batavia several pieces of his heel bone were also removed. As the Marquis was found unfit to proceed to Europe, she was sold for 575 Dutch dollars, “an extraordinary bargain,” remarks Rogers.

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