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“Selections from the Calcutta Review, Volume VI”
The Calcutta Review was a bi-annual periodical which began its publishing in the mid-1800’s. Its purpose was to connect the readers to the goings-on and information in and from India. This selection, among many available, expresses excerpts within…
The life and adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish man; Taken from his own mouth in his passage to England from off Cape Horn in America, in the ship Hector. By a Passenger in the ship. Embellished with cuts.
The narration tells a personal account of ship life on a transatlantic voyage from Cape Horn in America to England in the late 1700’s, early 1800’s. Based on first-person records of details of the experience, we have a window of knowledge to grasp…