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Bulkeley, John, John Cummins

A Voyage to the South-Seas in His Majesty's Ship the Wager in the Years 1740-1.

1927

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Year of publication
1927
Place of printing
New York. Robert M. McBride & Company
Author
Bulkeley, John, John Cummins
Keyword
Travel - Pacific & Australia South Pacific
Languages
English

Description

8vo [21 x 14.5 cm]; xxxi, [i], 212 pp, frontis, 2 double-page plates, double page map, 2 facsimiles of title pages from original edition, table. original cloth, rubbed at edges, signature on endpaper, very good. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Hill p 38; Sabin 9108, Borba de Moreaes p 133. The Voyage describes the loss of the Wager, a transport in Anson's squadron which was wrecked in the Golfo de Penas on the Chilean coast. Following the wreck, a mutinous split occurred, resulting in this voyage of one of the factions to Rio de Janeiro in the long boat. An account of the sufferings of the officers left behind was later published by John Byron. There were later editions published in 1752 and 1757. The introduction by Arthur D. Howden Smith provides an historical perspective. The first edition was 1743 with several printings in the eighteenth century. This is the third edition, and not reprinted since 1757.

Edizione: third edition (as stated in book), the first was 1743, second was 1757, there were other reprints as well.