Catalog Record: The adventures of Robert Drury, during fifteen years captivity on the island of Madagascar; containing a description of that island; an account of its produce, manufactures, and commerce; with an account of the manners and customs, wars, religion, and civil policy of the inhabitants: to which is added a vocabulary of the Madagascar language | Hathi Trust Digital Library

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The adventures of Robert Drury, during fifteen years captivity on the island of Madagascar; containing a description of that island; an account of its produce, manufactures, and commerce; with an account of the manners and customs, wars, religion, and civil policy of the inhabitants: to which is added a vocabulary of the Madagascar language. Written by himself, and now carefully revised and corrected from the original copy.

Main Author: Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.
Language(s): English
Published: London, Printed and sold by W. Meadows, 1743; Hull, Reprinted for Stodart and Craggs, 1807.
Subjects: Malagasy language > Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
Note: Conjectured to have been edited by Defoe. cf. Dict. nat. biog.
"It is clearly a work of fiction by Defoe."--Moore, J. R. Defoe's sources for Robert Drury's journal. Bloomington, Ind. [1943] p. 8.
First edition, 1729, has title: Madagascar: or, Robert Drury's journal.
"A vocabulary of the Madagascar language": p. [454]-459.
Physical Description: xii, 459 p. front., pl. 21 cm.
Original Format: Book
Original Classification Number: PR3405 .M3 1807
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