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Exploration to 1770 including Russian Attempts on the Northeast Passage
ANSON, George (1697-1762) – WALTER, Richard (c.1716-1795). A Voyage Round the World in the Years MDCCXL,I, II, III, IV. London: for the author by John and Paul Knapton, 1748.
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ANSON, George (1697-1762) – WALTER, Richard (c.1716-1795). A Voyage Round the World in the Years MDCCXL,I, II, III, IV. London: for the author by John and Paul Knapton, 1748.
A landmark of 18th-century English circumnavigation. The first official report of George Anson's voyage, which laid the groundwork for the British voyages of exploration in the Pacific in the latter half of the 18th century. Walter produced a masterpiece of descriptive travel that became the most popular book of maritime adventure of the time. Cox I, 49; Hill 1817; Sabin 101175; Spence 37.
Quarto (250 x 198mm). 42 engraved plates, charts, plans, and maps (occasional offsetting to plates; small to edge of one map). Contemporary tooled calf, gilt spine. Provenance: Montagu George Knight of Chawton House (1844-1914; bookplate) – Reg and Philip Remington, Books.
A landmark of 18th-century English circumnavigation. The first official report of George Anson's voyage, which laid the groundwork for the British voyages of exploration in the Pacific in the latter half of the 18th century. Walter produced a masterpiece of descriptive travel that became the most popular book of maritime adventure of the time. Cox I, 49; Hill 1817; Sabin 101175; Spence 37.
Quarto (250 x 198mm). 42 engraved plates, charts, plans, and maps (occasional offsetting to plates; small to edge of one map). Contemporary tooled calf, gilt spine. Provenance: Montagu George Knight of Chawton House (1844-1914; bookplate) – Reg and Philip Remington, Books.