The life and adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish man:
relating particularly, his shipwreck near the South pole ... his extraordinary conveyance to the country of Glums and Gawrys, or men and women that fly. Likewise a description of this strange country, with the laws ... of its inhabitants, and the author's remarkable transactions among them. Taken from his own mouth, in his passage to England ... in the ship Hector ... Illustrated with several cuts ... representing the structure ... of the wings of the Glums and Gawrys ...
By R.S. [pseud.] a passenger in the Hector ...
Description
- Language(s)
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English
- Published
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London, Printed for J. Robinson [etc.] 1751.
- Note
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Book-label: MCL [i.e. Marshall C. Lefferts]; armorial book-plate: Henry William Poor.
Dedication and introduction signed: R.P. [i.e. Robert Paltock]
- Physical Description
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2 v.
VI pl. (1 fold.) diagr.
16 1/2cm.
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