MARITIME HISTORY - TRAVELLING -- ANSON, G. Reize rondsom de werreld, gedaan in de jaaren 1740 tot 1744, (…). (Uitg.) d. R. Walter. Uit het Engelsch vert. 3e dr. W. engr. ti-vign., 35 engr. maps/plans/views (of which 31 fold.), incl. a world map. - Id. Reize naer de Zuidzee, met het schip de Wager, ondernomen in den jaere 1740. Zynde een vervolg op de reize van den heere George Anson. W. engr. ti-vign, headpiece and 8 (4 fold.) plates by N. v.d. Meer Jr. after D. Kuipers. - Amst./Leiden, J. Le Mair, S.J. Baalde & C. v. Hoogeveen Jr., 1765-66. 2 in 1 vol. (28), 384, (2); (36), 212, (16) pp. Lge-4°. Cont. h. mottled cf. w. marbled paper sides, spine in compartments w. red labels. (Bind. slightly worn (espec. extremities), small marginal tears in the corners of larger fold. plates, but a good and clean copy w. ample margins and w. all the plates called for).
"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. Seven ships were lost around Cape Horn and on the coast of Chile and out of 900 men who left England on board more than 600 perished. (…) 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. (…) Walter's account of the voyage is a model of what such literature should be." Cox I, p.49 (ed. London, 1740); Tiele 42-43; Sabin 1641 & 1642a. The continuation is the first Dutch edition.€ 400
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