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Record Number: 13048


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Should you, my dear friend, be desirous of perusing a variety of remedies, equally judicious as well as efficacious with those of Mr Wesley, you will meet with ample satisfaction by turning to "Dom Pernety's Voyage to the Falkland Islands", page 153 to 162 quarto edition.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

unknown

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

James Lackington

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

31 Aug 1746

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Bookseller rising socially

Occupation:

bookseller

Religion:

lapsed Methodist

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Antoine-Joseph Pernety

Title:

The History of a Voyage to the Malouine (or Falkland) Islands, made in 1763 and 1764, under the Command of M. de Bouganville in order to form a Settlement there; and of Two Voyages to the Streights of Magellan, with An Account of the Patagonians.

Genre:

Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1771. London, Jefferys. translated from French (quarto edition)

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

13048

Source:

Print

Author:

James Lackington

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Memoirs of the Forty Five First Years of The Life James Lackington

Place of Publication:

London, Temple of the Muses

Date of Publication:

1794

Vol:

n/a

Page:

305

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

James Lackington, Memoirs of the Forty Five First Years of The Life James Lackington (London, Temple of the Muses, 1794), p. 305, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=13048, accessed: 26 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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