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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 (fold.) engr. maps/plans. 4°. Cont. mottled cf. w. raised bands, richly dec. gilt back & red label, blue marbled edges. (Spine ends skilfully rep., some plates strengthened on v°, apart from some light age-toning and a few spots in excellent condition, w. ample margins).
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. - Tiele, 42 (1749); Cat. NHSM, 136 (1749); Sabin 1641 (later ed.); Borba de Moraes p. 39.€ 500
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