An Account of the Giants Lately Discovered. In a Letter to a Friend in the Country

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TitleAn Account of the Giants Lately Discovered. In a Letter to a Friend in the Country
Year for Search1766
Authors[Walpole], [Horace](1717-1797)
Date Published1766
PublisherPtd. for F. Noble
Place PublishedLondon
KeywordsEnglish author
Annotation

Satire on discovery narratives, particularly John Byron, The Narrative of the Honourable John Byron (Commodore in a Late Expedition round the World). Containing an Account of the Great Distresses Suffered by Himself and His Companions on the Coast of Patagonia, From the Year 1740, till Their Arrival in England, 1746. With a Description of St. Jago de Chili, And the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants. Also a relation of the Loss of the Wager Man of War. Written By Himself. To which is prefixed, A Biographical Sketch of the Author. London: Ptd for S. Baker and G. Leich, 1768. Rpt. with slight variations in the title Aberdeen, Scot.: Ptd. and pub. by James Johnson, 1822.
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Rpt. in Modern British Utopias 1700-1850. Edited by Gregory Claeys. 8 vols. (London: Pickering & Chatto, 1997), 3: 329-39.
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(1717-1797)
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1766 [Walpole, Horace] (1717-1797). An Account of the Giants Lately Discovered. In a Letter to a Friend in the Country. London: Ptd. for F. Noble. Rpt. in Modern British Utopias 1700-1850. Edited by Gregory Claeys. 8 vols. (London: Pickering & Chatto, 1997), 3: 329-39. L, PSt

Satire on discovery narratives, particularly John Byron, The Narrative of the Honourable John Byron (Commodore in a Late Expedition round the World). Containing an Account of the Great Distresses Suffered by Himself and His Companions on the Coast of Patagonia, From the Year 1740, till Their Arrival in England, 1746. With a Description of St. Jago de Chili, And the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants. Also a relation of the Loss of the Wager Man of War. Written By Himself. To which is prefixed, A Biographical Sketch of the Author. London: Ptd for S. Baker and G. Leich, 1768. Rpt. with slight variations in the title Aberdeen, Scot.: Ptd. and pub. by James Johnson, 1822.