ANSON, George

A Voyage Round The World In The Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV... Commander In Chief of a Squadron of His Majesty's Ships Sent Upon An Expedition To The South-Seas. Compiled From His Papers and Materials By Richard Walter

London: 1757. 9th Edition. Hardcover. Pp. [20], 416. Full original calf, joints showing wear. Complete without maps as noted in the preliminaries. Anson's task was to intercept Spanish ships and their cargo from the New World, he travelled in detail to Patagonia, Chile, the Philippines, around the Cape of Good Hope, thus contains interesting folding maps of the Philippines, South America, a world map showing the western half of New Holland and plates of ships with the profiles of coastlines in the background etc. Good working copy of the text of this interesting pre-Cook work. Fair. Item #17916

Price: $460.00