A voyage round the world : in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV

A voyage round the world : in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV

London Printed for the author, by John and Paul Knapton ..., 1748

[34], 417, [3] p., [42] folded leaves of plates : ill., maps, plans ; 26 cm. (4to)

L2008F27 1748

(OCoLC)00686516

Signatures: A4 (a)4 (b)1 (c)-(d)4 B-3G4 [3H]2
"A list of the subscribers": p. [1st][7]-[18]
Errata: p. [1st][22]
"Directions to the bookbinder, for placing the copper-plates": p. [419]-[420]
"Lord Anson ... appears to have entrusted to Robins for revision the account of the voyage which had been compiled from the journals by ... Richard Walter. There has been considerable dispute as to whether Robins or Walter wrote the book ... It seems probable that Robins revised and edited the work."--Dict. Nat. Biog., v. 48, p. 435
While Great Britain was at war with Spain in 1740, Commodore George Anson led a squadron of eight ships on a mission to disrupt or capture Spain's Pacific possessions. By the time of his return to England in 1744, seven of the squadrons ships had been lost and only 500 of the original crew of 1,900 survived
Also issued in folio format
Armorial bookplate: Kennet of the Dene

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