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 Anson...
London, Birt, 1745
Anson's voyage was a landmark of 18th-century English circumnavigation, laying the groundwork for the British exploration of the Pacific in the later half of the 18th century. The expedition set out to cut off Spanish supplies of gold and silver from South America after the outbreak of war in 1739. Whilst successful, taking a number of prize ships off the Philippines, the cost was high: six ships were wrecked off the coast of South America or in rounding Cape Horn.
First edition; 8vo, [xvi], 347, [i], 39, [i]pp., a couple of gatherings in the appendix slightly proud, contemporary sprinkled calf, lightly rubbed, short splits to joints, corners bumped, a very good copy.
Hill 1693; Sabin 95437.
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