Title: A Voyage Round the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. By George Anson, Esq; Now Lord Anson, Commander in Chief of a Squadron of His Majesty's Ships, sent upon an Expedition to the South-Seas Author: Anson, George Place London Publisher: Printed by T. Osborne, et al. Date: 1762 Description: Compiled from his Papers and Materials by Richard Walter, M.A., Chaplain of his Majesty's Ship the Centurion, in that Expedition. [20], 417, [3] pp. With folding frontispiece map chart of the world with California an island, & 42 copper-engraved maps, charts, views, coastal profiles, etc. within, most folding. (4to) 28.4x21.4 cm. (11¼x8½"), modern cloth, new endpapers. Twelfth Edition. This edition of Anson's Voyage contains the same engraved charts and views as as the 1748 first edition, for which the work is justifiably famous, as also for the noteworthy text chronicling adventure and discovery as Anson roamed the Pacific in pursuit of Spanish treasure, at which he was very successful, capturing in 1743 the Manila galleon with a treasure of £400,000 sterling, returning to England a rich and famous man. Hill comments that "This compilation has long occupied a distinguished position as a masterpiece of descriptive travel. Anson's voyage appears to have been the most popular book of maritime adventure of the eighteenth century." Cox notes that four editions came out the first year of publication, with 16 by 1781. He also comments on the "famous and unfortunate" nature of the expedition, with seven of the eight ships that set out being lost rounding Cape Horn and on the coast of Chile, and more than two thirds of the 900 men that set out from England perishing. This copy does contain the large folding map of the world included with most copies of early editions though not called for in the list of plates. Cox Vol. I, p.49 (1st Ed.); Hill 1820; Sabin 101175. Lot Amendments Condition: Some foxing and offset within, toning to some of the plates; large folding maps of the southern portion of South America and of the Philippines with neat tape repairs; very good. Item number: 229351
Title: A Voyage Round the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. By George Anson, Esq; Now Lord Anson, Commander in Chief of a Squadron of His Majesty's Ships, sent upon an Expedition to the South-Seas Author: Anson, George Place London Publisher: Printed by T. Osborne, et al. Date: 1762 Description: Compiled from his Papers and Materials by Richard Walter, M.A., Chaplain of his Majesty's Ship the Centurion, in that Expedition. [20], 417, [3] pp. With folding frontispiece map chart of the world with California an island, & 42 copper-engraved maps, charts, views, coastal profiles, etc. within, most folding. (4to) 28.4x21.4 cm. (11¼x8½"), modern cloth, new endpapers. Twelfth Edition. This edition of Anson's Voyage contains the same engraved charts and views as as the 1748 first edition, for which the work is justifiably famous, as also for the noteworthy text chronicling adventure and discovery as Anson roamed the Pacific in pursuit of Spanish treasure, at which he was very successful, capturing in 1743 the Manila galleon with a treasure of £400,000 sterling, returning to England a rich and famous man. Hill comments that "This compilation has long occupied a distinguished position as a masterpiece of descriptive travel. Anson's voyage appears to have been the most popular book of maritime adventure of the eighteenth century." Cox notes that four editions came out the first year of publication, with 16 by 1781. He also comments on the "famous and unfortunate" nature of the expedition, with seven of the eight ships that set out being lost rounding Cape Horn and on the coast of Chile, and more than two thirds of the 900 men that set out from England perishing. This copy does contain the large folding map of the world included with most copies of early editions though not called for in the list of plates. Cox Vol. I, p.49 (1st Ed.); Hill 1820; Sabin 101175. Lot Amendments Condition: Some foxing and offset within, toning to some of the plates; large folding maps of the southern portion of South America and of the Philippines with neat tape repairs; very good. Item number: 229351
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