WJl. An Account cf a BOOK. 
An Account of a Next? Voyage round the IVorld^ 
by William Dampier, Printed at London 
for James Knapton, at the Crown in St. Paulv 
Church-yard, i^pj- Containing ^t^^ Pa^ 
ges in OSiam^ and Fi^z^e Plates of Maps. 
THE Author dedicates it to the Right Honoura- 
ble Charles Mountague, Efq^ Prefident of the 
Royal Society , Chancellor ot the Exchequer , 
And in his Preface gives an Account, that 
from the beginning to the end of his Voyages, he 
kept a conftant Journal of what occurred remarka- 
ble, of which this Relation contains a brief Account, 
without being' filled with Tranfcripts out of others, 
too frequently done 'by fuch as would be Volumi- 
nous. And as he had the opportunity of vifiting ma- 
ny Ports and places, fcarce defcribed in any Voyages, 
and for the nioft part unknown to Englifli Naviga- 
tors , to the Eaft or Weft Indies ; fb he was the 
more diligent in his Obfervations, and the more par- 
ticular in his Defcriptions of their Situations, Soyls , 
Produds, the greateft part of which are made 
from his own Experience, and the others from par- 
ticular informations he received from credible and 
knowing Perfons. His Style is very Intelligible and 
Expreflive. His Maps are in part taken from Spa^ 
mfh Manufcripts , and partly from his own Obfer- 
vations. He defigned to have added an Appendix 
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