A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 11 - Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History - of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and - Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the - Present T by Robert Kerr
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Geo. Shelvocke, jun. 1-1/2| William Clement Able seaman 1| John Norris Ditto 1| James Moulville Ditto 1| George Gill Ditto 1| Peter Fero Ditto 1|-------1887-1/4 440 7 2 John Smith Ditto 1| each Edward Alcocke Ditto 1| John Theobald Barber 1| William Burrows Old seaman 3/4 Daniel M'Donald Ditto 3/4 Richard Croft Ditto 3/4 John Robbins Grommet, 1/2| or boy |----943-1/4 220 4 2 Benedict Harry Cook 1/2| each ------------------------------------------------------------------ 33 persons in all 52-1/4 98,604-2/3 23,007 15 6 "The reader will perceive that the sum total of this dividend falls short of what I said the capture amounted to; but, in order to set that matter right, there is a secret article of 627 quadruples of gold, which Shelvocke graciously shared among private friends, each quadruple, or double doubloon; being worth sixteen dollars each, or L. 3:14:8 sterling, at 4s. 8d. the dollar. The value of these is 10,032 dollars, which, added to the sum of the foregoing account, make 108,636-3/4 dollars, or L. 25,348:11:6 sterling in all. Which large sum of money Shelvocke had the prodigious modesty to conceal, under the mysterious _et cetera_. Stewart's book mentions the double doubloons, but says not a word as to how they were distributed, so |
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