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Several voyages to Barbary. Containing an historical and geographical account of the country. With the hardships, sufferings, and manner of redeeming Christian slaves. Together with a curious description of Mequinez, Oran, and Alcazar. With a journal of the late siege and surrender of Oran. To which are added. The maps of Barbary, and the sea-coasts; the prospects of Mequinez and Alcazar; and exact plan of Oran, and a view of the ancient Roman ruins near Mequinez. All design'd by Captain Henry Boyde
La Motte, Philémon de; Boyde, Henry; Morgan, J (fl.1739); Faye, Jean Baptiste de la; Boulet abbé
1736
The first edition of this translation appeared in 1735 under the title "A voyage to Barbary, for the redemption of captives." Another issue, with a new title-page reading: "Voyage to Algiers and Tunis...
A voyage to Barbary, for the redemption of captives / Now first englished from the French original : With lists of more than 400 slaves ransomed...To which is subjoined, the history, ancient and modern, of Oran &c : With a journal of the Spaniards procedure in those their recent African conquests...[etc]
La Motte, Philémon de; Faye, Jean Baptiste de la; Morgan, John (fl. 1739); Boulet abbé
1835 [1735]
First edition of the English translation. Re-issued in 1736 with new title-page, reading "Several voyages to Barbary...[etc]". Original French text may have been written or edited by Jean Baptiste d...