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Lot 22

ANSON (GEORGE)
A Voyage Round the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV

19 June 2013, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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ANSON (GEORGE)

A Voyage Round the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV, first edition, 42 engraved plates, maps and charts (many folding, one dampstained, remargined beneath image and mounted on a stub, 2 with short tears repaired but generally clean), list of subscribers, good margins, green half morocco, rubbed [Hill 1817; Sabin 1626], 4to (275 x 215mm.), John and Paul Knapton, for the Author, 1748

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The first edition of the official account of Anson's circumnavigation of the world, which has "long occupied a distinguished position as a masterpiece of descriptive travel" (Hill). The expedition was undertaken to attack Spanish possessions in South America at the outbreak of war between Britain and Spain in 1739. During the mission six of Anson's fleet were sunk and approximately one thousand crew were lost to scurvy. Despite such setbacks Anson and his fleet succeeded in thwarting enemy activities in the Pacific and successfully captured the Manila galleon.

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