A Discovery of Fonseca In a Voyage to Surranam. The Island so long sought for in the Western Ocean. Inhabited by Women with the Account of their Habits, Customs and Religion. And the Exact Longitude and Latitude of the Place Taken from the Mouth of a Person cast away on the Place in an Hurricane with the Account of their being Cast away

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TitleA Discovery of Fonseca In a Voyage to Surranam. The Island so long sought for in the Western Ocean. Inhabited by Women with the Account of their Habits, Customs and Religion. And the Exact Longitude and Latitude of the Place Taken from the Mouth of a Person cast away on the Place in an Hurricane with the Account of their being Cast away
Year for Search1682
AuthorsS[hirley], J[ohn](fl. 1680-1702)
Tertiary AuthorsS., J.
Date Published1682
PublisherNp
Place PublishedDublin, Ireland
KeywordsMale author
Annotation

An island of women of Welsh origin. No men allowed on the island except for specified visits. Male children must leave at an early age. Male visitors must leave at the end of the month.
Additional Publishers

Rpt. in Restoration and Augustan British Utopias. Ed. Gregory Claeys (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2000), 131-36.
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Author Note

Claeys suggests John Shirley (fl. 1680-1702) was the author.
Full Text

1682 S[hirley], J[ohn] (fl. 1680-1702). A Discovery of Fonseca In a Voyage to Surranam. The Island so long sought for in the Western Ocean. Inhabited by Women with the Account of their Habits, Customs and Religion. And the Exact Longitude and Latitude of the Place Taken from the Mouth of a Person cast away on the Place in an Hurricane with the Account of their being Cast away. Dublin, Ireland: Np. Rpt. in Restoration and Augustan British Utopias. Ed. Gregory Claeys (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2000), 131-36. Claeys suggests John Shirley was the author. L

An island of women of Welsh origin. No men allowed on the island except for specified visits. Male children must leave at an early age. Male visitors must leave at the end of the month.