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ANSON, GEORGE. A Voyage round the World, in the years MDCCXL [-]...IV...Compiled from Papers...by Richard Walter, M.A. Chaplain of his Majesty's Ship the Centurion, in that Expedition. London: for the Author 1748. 4to, eighteenth-century calf gilt, rebacked, corners repaired but renewal leather dry and brittle, later endpapers, each of the two large folding maps with a single tear, one repaired, some offsetting of text to plates. FIRST EDITION, 42 engraved maps, charts, coastal profiles and views. Sabin 1625.
Anson's voyage was undertaken, not for scientific puposes, but for plundering the Spanish possessions in the South Seas. So successful was the enterprise that the prize-maney divided between officers and crew exceeded #1 million.
Provenance: "The Gift of Mr. Holdsworth 1755", inscription on fly-leaf followed by a long note dated 1784, explaining that Benjamin Robins, engineer, wrote the text which appeared under the name of the Chaplain, Richard Walter. "Mr. Robins...rose in time to be the Chief Engineer to the India Company at Madras."
Anson's voyage was undertaken, not for scientific puposes, but for plundering the Spanish possessions in the South Seas. So successful was the enterprise that the prize-maney divided between officers and crew exceeded #1 million.
Provenance: "The Gift of Mr. Holdsworth 1755", inscription on fly-leaf followed by a long note dated 1784, explaining that Benjamin Robins, engineer, wrote the text which appeared under the name of the Chaplain, Richard Walter. "Mr. Robins...rose in time to be the Chief Engineer to the India Company at Madras."