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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.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762.
- Series:
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
- Standardized Title:
- Voyages round the world
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Voyages around the world--Early works to 1800.
- Voyages around the world.
- Centurion (Ship)--Early works to 1800.
- Centurion (Ship).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource ([30], 417, [2] p., [43] leaves of plates (fold.) ) ill., maps ;
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for the author, by J. and P. 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.
- Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.
- Sabin no. 1627.
- OCLC:
- 10
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