Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/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 ...
Other Name
Anson's voyage - Spine title (Alternate title)
Voyage in H.M.S. "Centurion" - Spine Title (Alternate title)
Primary Maker
Contributor/Publisher
Printed and sold by S. Birt ... , J. Newbery ... , J. Collyer
Place
Date
1745
Physical Description
[12], 347, 39 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Collection
Level of Current Record
Bib record
Member Object
Related Object Notes
MS-2000-5 Catalogue of the Mackelvie Collection of Books and Pamphlets
MUS-1995-38-86 Museum correspondence - Mackelvie, James Tannock
N5297 CAT Catalogue of the Mackelvie Collection for Auckland, New Zealand
Subject Category
Provenance Details
Copy 21522 stamped in gold on spine with 'Presented by J.T. Mackelvie'.
Content
Appendix contains accounts of all treasures taken during the voyage from various ships and towns / accounts of the dead / an account of several observations of the motions of a comet / a general table of longitudes and latitudes / a copy of a Spanish manuscript of the latitudes and longitudes of all the most noted Places in the South Seas / A table of the latitudes and longitudes of the places and islands, either touched at or discovered, between Manilla and Acapulca, in the Voyages to and from each other.
Public Access Text
[Keywords: Islands of the Pacific--Description and travel--Early works to 1800; Rare books--18th century]
With a list of subscribers. The 'Appendix' with separate pagination and register. ESTC: T146714.
Collection Type
Reserve Collection
Copyright
All rights reserved
Last Update
19 Dec 2023
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