A voyage round the world : in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV / by George Anson ... ; compiled from papers and other materials of ... George Lord Anson and published under his direction by Richard Walter.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | The second edition. |
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| Item Description: | Errata on p. [22] Includes "charts of the southern part of South America, of part of the Pacific Ocean, and of the track of the Centurion round the world." "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 |
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| Physical Description: | 417 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 43 plates (including maps̃ ; 25 cm |