Ocean's Story; or, Triumphs of Thirty Centuries Maritime Adventures, Achievements, Explorations, Discoveries and Inventions; and of the Rise and Progress of Ship-Building and Ocean Navigation, from the Ark to the Iron Steamships

CHAPTER XXXVIII.--The Voyage of Woodes Rogers-Desertion checked by a

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Novel Circumstance--A Light seen upon the Island of Juan Fernandez--A Boat sent to Reconnoitre--Alexander Selkirk discovered--His History and Adventures--His Dress, Food, and Occupations--He ships with Rogers as Second Mate--Turtles and Tortoises--Fight with a Spanish Treasure-Ship--Profits of the Voyage--The South Sea Bubble--Its Inflation and Collapse--Measures of Relief 373