A voyage round the world, in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. By George Anson, esq; now Lord Anson, commander in chief of a squadron of His Majesty's ships, sent upon an expedition to the South-seas. Compiled from his papers and materials, by Richard Walter ... Illustrated with forty-two copperplates.

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A voyage round the world, in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. By George Anson, esq; now Lord Anson, commander in chief of a squadron of His Majesty's ships, sent upon an expedition to the South-seas. Compiled from his papers and materials, by Richard Walter ... Illustrated with forty-two copperplates.

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Title: A voyage round the world, in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. By George Anson, esq; now Lord Anson, commander in chief of a squadron of His Majesty's ships, sent upon an expedition to the South-seas. Compiled from his papers and materials, by Richard Walter ... Illustrated with forty-two copperplates.
Creator: Walter, Richard, 1716?-1785
Contributor: Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762
Robins, Benjamin, 1707-1751
Published / Created: 1767
Publication Place: London :
Publisher: T. Osborne [etc.],
Description: "Lord Anson ... appears to have entrusted to 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.
Extent: 10 p. l., 417, [2] p. ; front. (map) XLII pl. (incl. maps, plans) ; 29 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Edition: The 12th ed.
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: Ecd +740Wf

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format: text
Genre: Travelogs
Subject (Name): Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762
Robins, Benjamin, 1707-1751
Subject (Topic): Voyages around the world

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Orbis Record: 5365700
Object ID (OID): 15307379