Captain George Shelvocke
A voyage round the world by way of the Great South Sea. London: J. Senex, 1726
FIRST EDITION, 8vo (188 x 123 mm.), title with engraved vignette, folding engraved world map and 4 engraved plates (of which 2 folding), contemporary calf, spine with raised bands in six compartments, folding engraved world map stained and nearly detached along fold, joints starting
“Captains Shelvocke and Clipperton led a privately financed privateering expedition to attack Spanish shipping. Shelvocke gave his superior officer the slip in a storm and proceeded to Brazil and thence to the west coast of South America, where in two months he sacked Payta, Peru, and captured several small prizes. His vessel, the Speedwell, was wrecked at Juan Fernández Island, but a ship was built out of the wreckage, and he sailed up the coast to Baja California. After crossing the Pacific via Guam and Macao, Shelvocke returned to England, where he was accused of piracy and embezzlement, and then acquitted." (Hill).
PROVENANCE:"Matthew Lewis, Esq.r", father of Matthew Gregory (a.k.a. "Monk") Lewis, bookplate; Panshanger, Hertfordshire, seat of Earls Cowper, bookplate and manuscript shelfmark to front pastedown ("BR_B.4._")
LITERATURE:Borba de Moraes 795; Hill (2004) 1557; Sabin 80158
Captain George Shelvocke
A voyage round the world by way of the Great South Sea. London: J. Senex, 1726
FIRST EDITION, 8vo (188 x 123 mm.), title with engraved vignette, folding engraved world map and 4 engraved plates (of which 2 folding), contemporary calf, spine with raised bands in six compartments, folding engraved world map stained and nearly detached along fold, joints starting
“Captains Shelvocke and Clipperton led a privately financed privateering expedition to attack Spanish shipping. Shelvocke gave his superior officer the slip in a storm and proceeded to Brazil and thence to the west coast of South America, where in two months he sacked Payta, Peru, and captured several small prizes. His vessel, the Speedwell, was wrecked at Juan Fernández Island, but a ship was built out of the wreckage, and he sailed up the coast to Baja California. After crossing the Pacific via Guam and Macao, Shelvocke returned to England, where he was accused of piracy and embezzlement, and then acquitted." (Hill).
PROVENANCE:"Matthew Lewis, Esq.r", father of Matthew Gregory (a.k.a. "Monk") Lewis, bookplate; Panshanger, Hertfordshire, seat of Earls Cowper, bookplate and manuscript shelfmark to front pastedown ("BR_B.4._")
LITERATURE:Borba de Moraes 795; Hill (2004) 1557; Sabin 80158
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