[Rarebooks] FS: Anson VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD, 1767, with 43 maps, views, and plans

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ANSON, George, Lord. WALTER, Richard, compiler. A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD 
IN THE YEARS MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. London: T. Osborne [et al], 1767. 
Twelfth Edition. Quarto (9" x 11-3/8") bound in period calf leather, 
rebacked; [19], 417 pages. Illustrated with a folding frontispiece map 
and 42 engraved views, maps, and plans of which 41 are folding. First 
published in 1748, the account of this famous and unfortunate expedition 
around the world by Anson contains descriptions of the island of 
Madeira, Brazil, Port St. Julian, Cape Horn, the coast of Mexico, Macao, 
etc., including several engraved views and plans in the Americas. 
University library bookplate, stamped "withdrawn," on the front 
pastedown. Some toning to plates, a little offsetting and scattered 
spotting, staining to the margin of one map. Hinges reinforced, corners 
slightly worn. Very Good or better.

Hill pages 317-18; Sabin 1629: "It is called by some English writers a 
masterpiece of composition; but it appears to have been made amusing at 
the expense of truth. The progress of science formed no part of this 
expedition, which was prepared for attacking the Spanish possessions and 
shipping in the South Sea, and which was so successful, that the prize 
money divided amongst the officers and crews amounted to more than a 
million sterling." (#016968) $1,750.00

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