. A voyage to the South-Seas, in the years 1740-1 : containing, a faithful narrative of the loss of His Majesty's ship the Wager on a desolate island in the latitude 47 south, longitude 81 : 40 west .... ?« ^ To the Honourable Edward Vernon^ Efq; Vice-Admiral of the Blue, ^c, \ 1 .3: SIR, E have prelumd to putthe following Sheetsunder your Proteftion,tho we have not the Honourof being perfonally known toyou, nor have applied to you A 2 for. ^^ Iv DEDICATION. for the Liberty of ufing yourcelebrated Name on this Occa-fion. As this Book is a faithfulExtract: from the Journals oftwo Britijld Seame
. A voyage to the South-Seas, in the years 1740-1 : containing, a faithful narrative of the loss of His Majesty's ship the Wager on a desolate island in the latitude 47 south, longitude 81 : 40 west .... ?« ^ To the Honourable Edward Vernon^ Efq; Vice-Admiral of the Blue, ^c, \ 1 .3: SIR, E have prelumd to putthe following Sheetsunder your Proteftion,tho we have not the Honourof being perfonally known toyou, nor have applied to you A 2 for. ^^ Iv DEDICATION. for the Liberty of ufing yourcelebrated Name on this Occa-fion. As this Book is a faithfulExtract: from the Journals oftwo Britijld Seamen, late Offi-cers in his Majeftys Navy, wethought we could not more pro-perly dedicate it than to a Bri-tish Admiral, We know your Deteftationof Flattery , and you know,from long Experience, that aBritijh Seaman hath a Spirittoo brave to ftoop to fo dege-nerate a Pradlice. The DEDICATION, v The following Pages we hopewill recommend themfelves toyou, becaufe they are writtenin a plain maritime Stile, andvoid of Partiality and Preju-dice. .The Diftrefles mentioned inthis Book have perhaps not beenequald in our Age j and wequeftion whether any Naviga-tors living have, for fo long aContinuance, fufferd fuch Va-riety of Hardlhips, as the un*fortunate People of the Wager. After furviving the Lofs ofthe Ship, and combating withFamine and innumerable Diffi-culties, vi DEDICATION. culties, a Remnant of us arereturned to our Native Country;bu
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