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A voyage round the world, in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV / by George Anson, Esq., commander in chief of a squadron of His Majesty's ships, sent upon an expedition to the South-Seas ; compiled from papers and other materials of the Right Honourable George lord Anson ... by Richard Walter ... chaplain of His Majestry's Ship the Centurion, in that expedition ; illustrated with forty-two copperplates.

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Folio G420 .A5 1748
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762.
Contributor:
Walter, Richard, 1716?-1785.
Robins, Benjamin, 1707-1751.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Voyages around the world.
Penn Provenance:
Wyld, Thomas, Speen, Berks (bookplate)
Physical Description:
34 unnumbered pages, 417 pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 42 unnumbered leaves of folded plates : illustrations, maps ; 30 cm
Other Title:
Voyage round the world ...
Place of Publication:
London : Printed for the author, by John and Paul Knapton ..., 1748.
Notes:
"Lord Anson ... appears to have entrusted to [Benjamin] Robins for revision the account of the voyage which had been compiled from the journals by ... Richard Walter. There has been considerable dispute as to whether Robins or Walter wrote the book ... It seems probable that Robins revised and edited the work.--Dict. nat. biog., v. 48, p. 435.
Errata: p. [22] (1st count).
Local Notes:
No press marks on p. 21, 29, 31.
OCLC:
145080388

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