The history of Commodore Anson's voyage round the world : at the commencement of the late Spanish war, performed in three years and nine months, viz. from September 1740 to June 1744

The history of Commodore Anson's voyage round the world : at the commencement of the late Spanish war, performed in three years and nine months, viz. from September 1740 to June 1744

Commodore Anson's voyage round the world.

London : Printed and sold by the Bookfellers ..., 1764.

[4], 232 p. ; 17 cm. (12mo)

L2004F19 1764

(OCoLC)21429140

"by a midshipman on board the Centurion" appeared on t.p. of 1767 edition.
"John Philips" may have been a pseudonym, since that name is not listed on the Centurion's muster roll; Sabin attributed authorship to Richard Walter.
Signatures: [pi]² A-T V².
Account of John Philips, midshipman on the Centurion. Philips' narrative was first published in 1744, 4 years before Anson's own official account; mission of Anson's voyage war to harass Spanish shipping along the west coast of South America.
Includes index.
Ms. inscription on front free endpaper: The property of James Haig; monogram on front pastedown: Ias. Haig (I H stamped in gold)

Sabin 101190

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