Pascoe with Anson around the world, 1745
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Author: Thomas, Pascoe
Title: A True and Impartial Journal of a Voyage to the South-Seas, and Round the Globe, in His Majesty's Ship the Centurion, under the Command of Commodore George Anson
Place Published: London
Publisher:Printed, and Sold, by S. Birt, et al.
Date Published: 1745
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[16], 347, [1], 39 pp. 19.8x12 cm (7¾x4½"), period calf ruled in gilt, raised spine bands. First Edition.
Account of Anson's epic voyage in quest of Spanish treasure by a participant. Hill notes that "Pascoe Thomas kept a full and faithful daily journal of the incidents of this important four-year voyage. Included are a very interesting list of subscribers names and an appendix giving an account of the treasure taken from the Nuestra Signora del Buono Carmella. This account of the voyage preceded the publication of the official account of Lord Anson's voyage by three years." Hill, p 291; Sabin 95437; Spence 1195. Bookplate of P.R. Sandwell.
A copy of this book was in the Warren Heckrotte collection, and in his notes he adds significant comment on the appendix at the end, "pp 25-36 of the Appendix gives 'A Copy of a Spanish Manuscript, of the Latitudes and Longitudes of all the most noted Places in the South-Seas--- by Manuel Monz Pricto, Professor Arts in Peru.' This concludes with positions on the California coast with many familiar places. The list ends with 'The Point of Suesta del Estrech Danian. Lat 51 00 Lon 141 47.' This appears to be the Strait of Anian and the positions are obviously in error, but it seems possible that it refers to the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Wagner makes no reference to this list. The list does not appear in Walters, Voyage of Anson. The text has details not in Walter's account of this voyage; and likewise, Walter's has some not in this account. The list of subscribers in this book does not have as many nor as distinguished as those in Walter's book."
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