Madagascar: or, Robert Drury's journal, during fifteen years captivity on that island. Containing, I. His Voyage to the East Indies, and short Stay there. II. An Account of the Shipwreek of the Degrave on the Island of Madagascar; the Murder of Captain Younge and his Ship's Company, except Admiral Bembo's Son, and some few Others, who escap'd the Hands of the barbarous Natives. III. His being taken into Captivity, hard Usage, Marriage, and Variety of Fortune. IV. His Travels through the Island, and Description of it; as to its Situation, Product, Manufactures, Commodities, &c. V. The Nature of the People, their Customs, Wars, Religion, and Policy: As also, The Conferences between the Author and some of their Chiefs, concerning the Christians and Their Religion. VI. His Redemption from thence by Capt. Mackett. Commander of the Prince of Wales, in the East India Company's Service; his Arrival to England, and Second Voyage thither. Vii. A Vocabulary of the Madagascar Language. The Whole is a f

People / Organizations

• Robert Drury (Author)
• John Jackson ("printed by and for", or "by/for and sold by")

Imprint

London: printed: and sold by J. Brotherton, in Cornhill; T. Worrall, at the Judge's Head in Fleetstreet; and J. Jackson, near St. James's Gate, Pall-Mall, M,DCC,XXXI. [1731] The second edition.; ..

Added name

Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731, attributed name.

Publication year

1731

ESTC No.

T70324

Grub Street ID

294083

Description

xvi,464p.,plates : map ; 8°.

Note

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

A reissue of the first edition, with a different titlepage

Price from imprint: price Bound, Six Shillings.