Compiled from Papers and Materials of the Right Honourable George Lord Anson, and published under his Direction, by Richard Walter, M.A., Chaplain of his Majesty's Ship the Centurion, in that Expedition. [1], 417 pp. With 42 copper-engraved maps, charts, views, coastal profiles, etc., most folding. (4to) 28.1x22.7 cm. (11x9"), rebacked with original spine laid down, full calf, spine and rule in gilt, raised bands, rule dentelles in gilt, morocco spine label, all edges marbled; new marbled endpapers. Ninth Edition. Anson's famous account chronicling adventure and discovery as Anson roamed the Pacific in pursuit of Spanish treasure. 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. With folding frontispiece chart of the world, with California depicted as an island; chart of the southern portion of South America; and one of a portion of the Pacific. Cox Vol. I, p.49 (1st Ed.); Hill Pacific Voyages (2nd ed) 1818. Bookplate of former owner on pastedown.
Compiled from Papers and Materials of the Right Honourable George Lord Anson, and published under his Direction, by Richard Walter, M.A., Chaplain of his Majesty's Ship the Centurion, in that Expedition. [1], 417 pp. With 42 copper-engraved maps, charts, views, coastal profiles, etc., most folding. (4to) 28.1x22.7 cm. (11x9"), rebacked with original spine laid down, full calf, spine and rule in gilt, raised bands, rule dentelles in gilt, morocco spine label, all edges marbled; new marbled endpapers. Ninth Edition. Anson's famous account chronicling adventure and discovery as Anson roamed the Pacific in pursuit of Spanish treasure. 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. With folding frontispiece chart of the world, with California depicted as an island; chart of the southern portion of South America; and one of a portion of the Pacific. Cox Vol. I, p.49 (1st Ed.); Hill Pacific Voyages (2nd ed) 1818. Bookplate of former owner on pastedown.
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