A Cruising Voyage Round the World

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A Cruising Voyage Round the World is an early 18th-century travel narrative by privateer Woodes Rogers recounting his circumnavigation, privateering exploits, and the rescue of castaway Alexander Selkirk, which helped inspire the story of Robinson Crusoe.

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instanceOf memoir ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
travel narrative ⓘ
associatedWith Royal Navy privateering tradition ⓘ
South Sea Company expeditions ⓘ
author Woodes Rogers ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
describesEvent Woodes Rogers' circumnavigation of the globe ⓘ
rescue of Alexander Selkirk ⓘ
documents English privateering in the War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
capture of enemy vessels ⓘ
conditions aboard early 18th-century ships ⓘ
life of a privateer captain ⓘ
featuresCharacter Alexander Selkirk ⓘ
Woodes Rogers ⓘ
genre maritime narrative ⓘ
privateering narrative ⓘ
travel literature ⓘ
hasCastawayRescue Alexander Selkirk on Juan Fernández Islands ⓘ
hasTheme adventure at sea ⓘ
commerce and plunder ⓘ
imperial rivalry ⓘ
navigation and seamanship ⓘ
survival ⓘ
historicalContext Age of Discovery legacy ⓘ
Age of Sail ⓘ
influenced Daniel Defoe ⓘ
inspired elements of Robinson Crusoe ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literarySignificance important early English travel narrative ⓘ
source for the Robinson Crusoe castaway motif ⓘ
mainSubject Alexander Selkirk ⓘ
South Sea expedition ⓘ
circumnavigation ⓘ
privateering ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
portrays Spanish colonial possessions in the Americas ⓘ
encounters with Spanish ships ⓘ
setting Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
South America ⓘ
subjectMatter maritime trade ⓘ
naval warfare ⓘ
piracy and privateering ⓘ
timePeriod early 18th century ⓘ

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Woodes Rogers → notableWork → A Cruising Voyage Round the World ⓘ
Woodes Rogers → describedIn → A Cruising Voyage Round the World (travel narrative) ⓘ
linked to: A Cruising Voyage Round the World
Duchess → associatedWork → A Cruising Voyage Round the World by Woodes Rogers ⓘ
linked to: A Cruising Voyage Round the World
Alexander Selkirk → subjectOf → A Cruising Voyage Round the World ⓘ
Duke (privateering ship) → documentedIn → A Cruising Voyage Round the World ⓘ
George Anson, 1st Baron Anson → notableWork → Voyage round the world in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV ⓘ
subject linked to: Admiral George Anson
linked to: A Cruising Voyage Round the World