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THOMAS, Pascoe (fl. 1740). A True and Impartial Journal of a Voyage to the South-Seas and Round the Globe, in His Majesty's Ship the Centurion, under the command of Commodore George Anson... By Pascoe Thomas, Teacher of Mathematicks on board the Centurion. London: S. Birt, J. Newbery and J. Collyer, 1745.
8o (191 x 121 mm). Publisher's advertisement leaf at end. (Some occasional pale spotting.) Contemporary calf (some rubbing, upper joint repaired). Provenance: Charles, Earl of Ailesbury (bookplate on title verso); Thomas W. Streeter (bookplate; his sale part IV, Parke Berket, 24 April 1968, lot 2402).
FIRST EDITION. "Pascoe Thomas kept a full and faithful daily journal of the incidents of this important four-year voyage. Included are a very interesting list of subscribers' names and an appendix giving an account of the treasure taken from the Nuestra Signora del Buono Carmella. This account of the voyage preceded the publication of the official account of Lord Anson's voyage by three years" (Hill 1693). Sabin 95437; Spence 1195; Streeter sale IV:2402 (this copy).
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FIRST EDITION. "Pascoe Thomas kept a full and faithful daily journal of the incidents of this important four-year voyage. Included are a very interesting list of subscribers' names and an appendix giving an account of the treasure taken from the Nuestra Signora del Buono Carmella. This account of the voyage preceded the publication of the official account of Lord Anson's voyage by three years" (Hill 1693). Sabin 95437; Spence 1195; Streeter sale IV:2402 (this copy).