John BULKELEY & John CUMMINS. A Voyage to the South-Seas, in the Years 1740 and 1741. Containing A faithful Narrative of the Loss of his Majesty's Ship the Wager. Dublin: James Dalton and Kinneir & Martineau, 1743. 12° (16 x 9.7cm.). 19th-century calf gilt. FIRST IRISH EDITION. Two octavo editions were published in London in the same year. The Wager was part of Anson's fleet, which was on its way to harass the Spanish. "The gunner, John Bulkeley, and the carpenter, John Cummins, conducted the mutinous part of the crew until they arrived safely in Rio de Janeiro" (Hill p. 39). See also lot 105 for an account attributed to John Young the third member of the crew to return safely to London. Cf. Sabin 9108.
John BULKELEY & John CUMMINS. A Voyage to the South-Seas, in the Years 1740 and 1741. Containing A faithful Narrative of the Loss of his Majesty's Ship the Wager. Dublin: James Dalton and Kinneir & Martineau, 1743. 12° (16 x 9.7cm.). 19th-century calf gilt. FIRST IRISH EDITION. Two octavo editions were published in London in the same year. The Wager was part of Anson's fleet, which was on its way to harass the Spanish. "The gunner, John Bulkeley, and the carpenter, John Cummins, conducted the mutinous part of the crew until they arrived safely in Rio de Janeiro" (Hill p. 39). See also lot 105 for an account attributed to John Young the third member of the crew to return safely to London. Cf. Sabin 9108.
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