Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
A voyage round the world in the years 1740, 1741, 1742, 1743, 1744
Primary Maker
Contributor/Publisher
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
Place
Date
1828
Physical Description
xvi, 444 pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : 1 map ; 18 cm
Language
English
Level of Current Record
Bib record
Member Object
Edition/State/Version
A new edition, revised
Subject Category
Public Access Text
[Keywords: Rare books--19th century]
Publisher's catalogue appended.
Subject Notes
George Anson was the second Englishman after Sir Francis Drake to circumnavigate the globe in an epic military undertaking against the Spanish from 1740-44. Anson joined the navy at the young age of 14 in 1712 and quickly rose through the ranks to become Captain at the age of 25. In 1737 he took command of the Centurion, a 60-gun ship and in 1740 sailed to plunder the Pacific coast of South America and conquer the Spanish.
Although the first stage of their journey around Cape Horn was a military disaster with the loss of two ships and over 600 men from scurvy, cold and privation, Anson still captured several Spanish ships and their cargoes. Eventually Centurion sailed alone reached Macao in November 1742, making George the first British man of war to visit China.--National Trust website, retrieved October 2019.
Collection Type
Reserve Collection
Copyright
All rights reserved
Last Update
19 Dec 2023
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