The Voyages, Travels, And Wonderful Discoveries of Capt. John Holmesby. Containing A Series of the most Surprising and Uncommon Events, which befel the Author in his Voyage to the Southern Ocean, in the Year 1739

[1757] The Voyages, Travels, And Wonderful Discoveries of Capt. John Holmesby [pseud.]. Containing A Series of the most Surprising and Uncommon Events, which befel the Author in his Voyage to the Southern Ocean, in the Year 1739. London: Ptd. for F. Noble and J. Noble. Rpt. in Modern British Utopias 1700-1850. Ed. Gregory Claeys. 8 vols. (London: Pickering & Chatto, 1997), 3: 39-97. Later ed. as The Uncommon Adventures, Voyages, Shipwreck, Travels, And Wonderful Discoveries of Capt. John Holmesby [pseud.]; who in a miraculous manner was preserved by a savage, while the rest of the Ship’s Crew All Perished, on their passage to the Southern Ocean; his discovering a nation hitherto unknown; with their Manners, Laws, and Customs, faithfully described by the captain. London: Ptd. and sold by S. Fisher, 1798. L, O

Satire on contemporary foibles, particularly corruption and the desire for power. The initial inhabitants of the country of Nimpatan were healthy, vigorous, and free of vice, but they were conquered by people who established “Luxury, Vice, and Slavery”.