MARITIME HISTORY - TRAVELLING -- ANSON, G. Reize rondsom de werreld, gedaan in de jaaren 1740 tot 1744, (…). (Uitg.) d. R. Walter. Uit het Engelsch vert. Amst., I. Tirion, 1748. (26), 386, (4) pp. W. engr. ti-vign., dedic. engr., 20 fold. engr. views & 15 engr. maps/plans, of which 13 fold. 4°. Cont. gilt cf. (Bind. a bit worn, traces of use/thumbed/a bit soiled throughout, small rep. to larger fold. plates in places).
Cox I, 49 (Lond. ed. 1748): "This famous and unfortunate expedition, consisting at the start of eight ships, was sent under the command of George Anson at the beginning of the war with Spain, to harass the Spaniards on the western coast of South America. (...) The primary object of the expedition was not attained, but by the capture of the Manila Galleon near China, Anson and the surviving members of his crew reached England much the richer." - First Dutch edition. W. 1 extra fold. world map ('Reizen van den heer Anson'), bound after prelims. - Tiele, 42 (1749); Cat. NHSM, 136 (1749).€ 400
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