"Tailpiece" (uncaptioned), signed "Wal Paget" (lower right). The illustration is ambiguous because the relatively small vessel looks nothing like a merchantman, but resembles Crusoe's sloop. Consequently, the small islands with what look like palm trees suggest that the illustration is of Crusoe's return to his tropical island rather than his voyage from the Continent to London in 1705. One-third of page 416, centre, framed: 6.4 cm high by 10.2 cm wide. Running head: "Nearing Home" (page 415).
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Passage Illustrated: Sailing Home or Returning to the Caribbean Island
To conclude: having stayed near four months in Hamburgh, I came from thence by land to the Hague, where I embarked in the packet, and arrived in London the 10th of January 1705, having been absent from England ten years and nine months. And here, resolving to harass myself no more, I am preparing for a longer journey than all these, having lived seventy-two years a life of infinite variety, and learned sufficiently to know the value of retirement, and the blessing of ending our days in peace. [Chapter XVI, "Safe Arrival in England," page 416]
Related Material
- Daniel Defoe
- Illustrations of Robinson Crusoe by various artists
- Illustrations of children’s editions
- The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe il. H. M. Brock at Project Gutenberg
- The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe at Project Gutenberg
References
Defoe, Daniel. The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner. Related by himself. With upwards of One Hundred Illustrations. London: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, 1863-64.
Defoe, Daniel. The Life and Strange Exciting Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner, as Related by Himself. With 120 original illustrations by Walter Paget. London, Paris,and Melbourne: Cassell, 1891.
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