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ANSON, George (1697-1762). A Voyage Round the World in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. Compiled from his Papers and Materials by Richard Walter. The Fifteenth Edition. London: W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, W. Strahan, J.F. and C. Rivington, et al., 1776.
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ANSON, George (1697-1762). A Voyage Round the World in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. Compiled from his Papers and Materials by Richard Walter. The Fifteenth Edition. London: W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, W. Strahan, J.F. and C. Rivington, et al., 1776.
4o (292 x 232 mm). 43 folding engraved maps, plates and charts including the additional folding "Chart shewing the Track of the Centurion round the World" as a frontispiece, with Directions to Binder (a few repaired tears, some pale offsetting). Contemporary speckled calf (front cover detached). Provenance: C. Clarendon (signature on flyleaf); The Grove (bookplate); Earle A. Deily (bookplate).
Fifteenth edition, QUARTO ISSUE. WITH MAP NOT PRESENT IN THE FIRST EDITION. The official account of Anson's voyage; the fifteenth edition was also published in an octavo issue (cf. ESTC T10227 and Sabin), and contains an additional map showing the route of the Centurion. ESTC N52653; Sabin 1629.
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Fifteenth edition, QUARTO ISSUE. WITH MAP NOT PRESENT IN THE FIRST EDITION. The official account of Anson's voyage; the fifteenth edition was also published in an octavo issue (cf. ESTC T10227 and Sabin), and contains an additional map showing the route of the Centurion. ESTC N52653; Sabin 1629.