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001    ocm37187373 
003    OCoLC 
005    20041207000000.0 
008    970616t19971997ctuab    b    001 0 eng   
010       97018028 
015    GB97-76631 
020    0300072449 
035    (OCoLC)37187373 
040    DLC|beng|cDLC|dC#P|dUKM|dUV$ 
043    po-----|as------ 
049    MCPL 
050 00 D20|b.W717 1997 
082 00 995|221 
100 1  Williams, Glyndwr. 
245 14 The great South Sea :|bEnglish voyages and encounters, 
       1570-1750 /|cGlyndwr Williams. 
264  1 New Haven :|bYale University Press,|c[1997] 
264  4 |c©1997 
300    xv, 300 pages :|billustrations, maps ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  El Mar del Sur : the Spanish lake -- "The world 
       encompassed" : Drake and his successors -- Geographical 
       enigmas and literary utopias -- "They were not come out to
       go upon discovery" : buccaneers and interlopers in the 
       South Sea -- "I speak as to the compass of my own 
       knowledge" : Dampier's explorations and writings -- The 
       "cruising voyages" of Dampier and Rogers -- "A gross, 
       palpable illusion" : the founding of the South Sea Company
       -- The age of the bubble (1) : castaways and projectors --
       The age of the bubble (2) : voyages real and fictitious --
       "Our second Drake" : Anson's circumnavigation -- Widening 
       horizons. 
651  0 Oceania|xDiscovery and exploration|xBritish. 
651  0 Pacific Coast (South America)|xDiscovery and exploration
       |xBritish. 
994    90|bMCP 
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 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  995 WILLIAMS    Check Shelf