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A Cruising Voyage Around the World

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  1. Introduction Part 1

    53:53

  2. Introduction Part 2 and Dedication

    55:10

  3. Ireland to Caribbean

    45:04

  4. Caribbean to Grande

    43:13

  5. Account of Brazile

    39:53

  6. Account of River of La Plata

    62:55

  7. From Grande to Juan Fernandez

    40:22

  8. Account of Alexander Selkirk

    14:21

  9. Juan Fernandez to Lobos and Northward

    41:07

  10. At Guiaquil Part 1

    51:00

  11. At Guiaquil Part 2

    53:50

  12. Island of Gorgona

    49:52

  13. Island of Gorgona part 2 and Galapagos Islands

    43:35

  14. Off Mexico

    51:13

  15. Off California

    51:32

  16. Mexico describ'd

    39:39

  17. Peru and Chili describ'd

    56:54

  18. To the East Indies

    55:35

  19. East Indies to the Cape of Good Hope

    49:07

  20. Cape of Good Hope; to Holland and London

    34:46

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Shipboard decisions, coastal trade and imperial rivalry share the page in Woodes Rogers's account of a voyage around the world. The expedition sailed between 1708 and 1711 in the Duke and Dutchess, two armed merchant ships financed by Bristol investors. An introduction places the venture within the War of the Spanish Succession, when English privateers sought both commercial opportunities and gains at their opponents' expense.

The voyage's daily record includes anchorages, winds and distances, then broadens into descriptions of the places encountered. A passage on Guiaquil examines colonial offices, officials' wealth and restrictions on commerce between Peru and Mexico. Rogers connects these arrangements to English and French trading interests. Readers interested in maritime history can follow the practical concerns of a sailing expedition alongside an English captain's judgments about money, government and overseas trade.

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