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Curious account of Peter Serrano

Title:Curious account of Peter Serrano
Alternate title:Sufferings of John Turner, chief mate of the country ship, Tay, bound for China, under the command of William Greig, including the seizure of him and six Lascars in the cutter, and their captivity and danger amongst the Ladrones, with a description of the strength, discipline, manners, &c. of these pirates, their depradations and conduct towards their prisoners : also a curious account of Peter Serrano, who having escaped from shipwreck, lived seven years on a sandy island, on the coast of Peru
Note:London : Printed for Thomas Tegg, [1809?], 1809
  
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Subject:Captivity
Subject:Captivity narratives
Subject:China
Subject:Peru
Subject:Pirate captivity narratives
Subject:Pirates
Subject:Pirates -- China
Subject:Serrano, Pedro
Subject:Serrano, Pedro, 1957-
Subject:Shipwreck survival
Subject:Shipwreck victims
Subject:Shipwreck victims -- Peru
Subject:Tay (East India Company Ship)
Subject:Turner, John, chief mate of the Tay -- Captivity, 1806-1807
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