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ANSON, George (1697-1762). A Voyage round the World, In the Years 1740-1744. Compiled From Papers and other Materials by Richard Walter, Chaplain to his Majesty's Ship the 'Centurion'. London: Printed for the Author by John and Paul Knapton, 1748. 4° (294 x 230mm). 42 engraved plates, maps and charts, all but one folding, with the List of Subscribers and Directions to Binder (generally browned, title page and some plates strengthened at inner margin, a few outer margins repaired, the leaves of List of Subscribers supplied from a smaller copy). Modern half calf and marbled boards.
FIRST EDITION OF THE OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF ONE OF THE LANDMARK EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ENGLISH CIRCUMNAVIGATIONS. With command of eight ships Anson was directed to harass Spanish shipping on the west coast of the Americas and succeeded in taking a laden Manila galleon which greatly enriched England's coffers. The success of the voyage was marred by the loss of six of his vessels on the South American coast or in rounding Cape Horn, the death of many men from scurvy and litigation by the surviving crew for their share of the £1,000,000 prize money. Some of the fame of the expedition also lies in the published accounts of the survivors of Anson's ship Wager shipwrecked off Patagonia and vividly described by Bulkeley and Cummins, and by John 'Foul Weather Jack' Byron. According to Hill, Anson and Walter produced a masterpiece of descriptive travel that became the most popular book of maritime adventure in the 18th- century. Hill 1817.
FIRST EDITION OF THE OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF ONE OF THE LANDMARK EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ENGLISH CIRCUMNAVIGATIONS. With command of eight ships Anson was directed to harass Spanish shipping on the west coast of the Americas and succeeded in taking a laden Manila galleon which greatly enriched England's coffers. The success of the voyage was marred by the loss of six of his vessels on the South American coast or in rounding Cape Horn, the death of many men from scurvy and litigation by the surviving crew for their share of the £1,000,000 prize money. Some of the fame of the expedition also lies in the published accounts of the survivors of Anson's ship Wager shipwrecked off Patagonia and vividly described by Bulkeley and Cummins, and by John 'Foul Weather Jack' Byron. According to Hill, Anson and Walter produced a masterpiece of descriptive travel that became the most popular book of maritime adventure in the 18th- century. Hill 1817.
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