The pleasant and surprizing adventures of Mr. Robert Drury, during his fifteen years captivity on the island of Madagascar: Containing I. His voyage to, and short stay at the East Indies. II. An Account of the shipwreck of the degrave, on the island of Madagasear; the murder of capt. Younge and his ship's company, except admiral Bembo's son, and some few others, who made their escape. III. His captivity, hard usage, marriage, and wonderful variety of fortune. IV. His travels thorow the island, and description of its situation, product, manufactures, commodities, &c. V. The nature of the people, their customs, wars, religion, and policy: as also, the conferences between some of their chiefs, and the author, concerning the Christian, and their religion. VI. His redemption from thence by Capt. Mackett, late commander of the Prince of Wales, in the Honourable East India Company's Service: His arrival in England, and second voyage thither. VII. A vocabulary of the Madagasear language. The whol

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  • The pleasant and surprizing adventures of Mr. Robert Drury, during his fifteen years captivity on the island of Madagascar: Containing I. His voyage to, and short stay at the East Indies. II. An Account of the shipwreck of the degrave, on the island of Madagasear; the murder of capt. Younge and his ship's company, except admiral Bembo's son, and some few others, who made their escape. III. His captivity, hard usage, marriage, and wonderful variety of fortune. IV. His travels thorow the island, and description of its situation, product, manufactures, commodities, &c. V. The nature of the people, their customs, wars, religion, and policy: as also, the conferences between some of their chiefs, and the author, concerning the Christian, and their religion. VI. His redemption from thence by Capt. Mackett, late commander of the Prince of Wales, in the Honourable East India Company's Service: His arrival in England, and second voyage thither. VII. A vocabulary of the Madagasear language. The whol
  • Madagascar: or, Robert Drury's journal
  • Madagascar: or, Robert Drury's journal
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Imprint
London: Printed for and sold by M. Sheepey, under the Royal Exchange; J. Wren, near Great Turn Style. Holborn; and T. Lownds, Exeter Exchange in the Strand, 1750.
Added name
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731, attributed name.
Publication year
1750
ESTC No.
N20169
Grub Street ID
9571
Description
viii,470p.,plates : map ; 8°.
Note
First published as 'Madagascar: or, Robert Drury's journal'

Drury's authorship has been disputed. Sometimes attributed to Daniel Defoe (Trent ("strong probability"), Hutchins, Moore, Novak ("Edited and written in part by Defoe"). Attribution disputed by Furbank and Owens, Defoe de-attributions

Printed from the same setting of type as the 1743 edition except for sheets A, Ff, and Hh, and cancel leaf B1.