The shipwreck. A sentimental and descriptive poem. In three cantos. / By William Falconer, an English sailor. ; [Two lines in Latin from Virgil, with two line English translation]
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The shipwreck. A sentimental and descriptive poem. In three cantos. / By William Falconer, an English sailor. ; [Two lines in Latin from Virgil, with two line English translation]
Author
Falconer, William, 1732-1769.
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Philadelphia: :: Printed and sold by Prichard & Hall, in Market Street, near Front Street.,
M.DCC.LXXXVIII. [1788]
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Subject terms
Halsewell (Ship).
Shipwrecks -- Poetry.
Elegies.
Poems -- 1788.
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"The shipwreck. A sentimental and descriptive poem. In three cantos. / By William Falconer, an English sailor. ; [Two lines in Latin from Virgil, with two line English translation]." In the digital collection Evans Early American Imprint Collection. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/N16417.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 4, 2025.
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SCENE OF THE THREE CANTOS.
The Scene of the FIRST Canto
Lies near the city of Candia; and the Time comprehends about four days and a half.
The Scene of the SECOND Canto
Lies in the sea, between cape Fr••schin in Candia, and the island of Falconera, which is nearly twelve leagues northward of cape Spado. The Time is from nine in the morning till one o'clock of the following morning.
The Scene of the THIRD Canto
Stretches from that part of the Archipelago which lies ten niles to the northward of Falconera, to cape Colonna, in Attica. The time is about seven hours, being from one till eight in the morning.
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