A Voyage to the South-Seas, in the years 1740-1.

This book is one of the principal accounts of the Wager, which was wrecked off the southern coast of Chile after rounding Cape Horn. Under the command of Captain Cheap, the Wager was one of Anson's fleet, which was on its way to harass the Spanish. After the wreck, gunner John Bulkeley and carpenter John Cummins conducted the mutinous part of the crew until they arrived safely in Rio de Janeiro. Much of the adventure and interest of the account is in the description of their travails passing through the Strait of Magellan in a longboat' (Hill).

Of the six vessels which set out in Anson's fleet, only three made it to the East coast of South America to harass the Spanish, two of having failed to round Cape Horn, and returning to England, whilst the Wager, subject of this work was wrecked off the coast of Chile.

First edition; 8vo, xx, 220 pp., old ownership inscriptions to title, light browning to text, modern half calf over marbled boards, red morocco lettering piece, a very good copy.

BdM I, 133; Hill 210; Sabin 9108.