"A New Voyage Round the World by a Course Never Sailed Before" by Daniel Defoe is an 18th-century narrative about merchants who want to build an East India Company in Flanders, showing the world of early trade and exploration. The story highlights the hardships they go through, such as rebellions and sailing to places unknown. At the start, the book talks about how traveling on voyages around the world has become very normal. The narrator shares his goals for the voyage to discover new lands and get involved in trade. The story hints at big problems to come, like the crew disagreeing about which way to go. The leader must deal with the crew's problems while trying to sail the ship.
A New Voyage Round the World by a Course Never Sailed Before
By Daniel Defoe
Ambition turns treacherous when a voyage to establish a trading empire faces mutiny and uncharted seas.
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About the AuthorDaniel Defoe was an English novelist, journalist, merchant, pamphleteer and spy. He is most famous for his novel Robinson Crusoe, published in 1719, which is claimed to be second only to the Bible in its number of translations. He has been seen as one of the earliest proponents of the English novel, and helped to popularise the form in Britain with others such as Aphra Behn and Samuel Richardson. Defoe wrote many political tracts, was often in trouble with the authorities, and spent a period in prison. Intellectuals and political leaders paid attention to his fresh ideas and sometimes consulted him.
Daniel Defoe was an English novelist, journalist, merchant, pamphleteer and spy. He is most famous for his novel Robinson Crusoe, published in 1719, which is claimed to be second only to the Bible in its number of translations. He has been seen as one of the earliest proponents of the English novel, and helped to popularise the form in Britain with others such as Aphra Behn and Samuel Richardson. Defoe wrote many political tracts, was often in trouble with the authorities, and spent a period in prison. Intellectuals and political leaders paid attention to his fresh ideas and sometimes consulted him.
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