Creator
Edward Cooke
Title
A Voyage to the South Sea, and Round the World
Coverage
London
Publisher
H. M. for B. Linot
Date
1712
Description
First edition of Cooke’s account of his voyage around the world under the command of Captain Woodes Rogers between 1708 and 1711. The narrative includes a firsthand account of the rescue of Alexander Selkirk, the Scottish castaway marooned on an uninhabited island in the South Pacific for over four years, who likely provided the inspiration for Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe (1719).