A Relation of an Unfortunate Voyage to the Kingdom of Bengala. London: for Henry Bonwick, 1682. 8vo (156 x 95 mm). [vi], 184 pp. With engraved folding frontispiece. Contemporary sheep. Preliminary leaves before title detached, a few leaves browned and with tiny marginal chips, binding worn, spine reinforced with tape. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH of this frightening account of a shipwreck off the coast of Bengal that finds the survivors resorting to eating rancid meat and engaging in cannibalism. They eventually built a makeshift boat and were rescued. The author later found himself aiding the Mughal army against the Ahom army for control of lower Assam.
A Relation of an Unfortunate Voyage to the Kingdom of Bengala. London: for Henry Bonwick, 1682. 8vo (156 x 95 mm). [vi], 184 pp. With engraved folding frontispiece. Contemporary sheep. Preliminary leaves before title detached, a few leaves browned and with tiny marginal chips, binding worn, spine reinforced with tape. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH of this frightening account of a shipwreck off the coast of Bengal that finds the survivors resorting to eating rancid meat and engaging in cannibalism. They eventually built a makeshift boat and were rescued. The author later found himself aiding the Mughal army against the Ahom army for control of lower Assam.
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