Grynæus, Maffeus, &c. in
Latin; Herrera, Oviedo, Coreal, &c. in
Spanish; and the Voyages under the direction of the East-India Company in Holland, in
Dutch. Together with such other Histories, Voyages, Travels, or Discoveries, as are in General Esteem; whether published in
English,
Latin,
French,
Italian,
Spanish,
Portuguese,
High and Low Dutch, or in any other European Language. Containing whatever has been observed Worthy of Notice in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America
. . . Illustrated by Proper Charts, Maps, and Cuts. To which is prefixed a Copious Introduction, comprehending the Rise and
Progress of the Art of Navigation, and its successive Improvements; together with the Invention and Use of the Loadstone,
and its Variation. Originally published in
Two Volumes in
Folio, by John Harris, D. D. and F. R. S. Now carefully revised, with large Additions, and continued down to the present Time; including particular
Accounts of the Manufactures and Commerce of each Country.
London: printed for
T. Woodward,
A. Ward,
S. Birt,
D. Browne,
T. Longman [and others],
m.dcc.xliv
,
m.dcc.xlviii
. [1744, 1748.]
G120 .H29
2 vol. Folio. 508 and 543 leaves, titles printed in red and black (that to Vol. II so designated on the title), text printed
in double columns, license to print dated February 23, 1743-4 facing the first title, engraved frontispieces by Van der Gucht with portraits of explorers in compartments, engraved double and full-page maps by Eman. Bowen, numerous full-page engraved plates of buildings, costumes, fauna, etc. Book I of the second volume relates to America, and
begins with the voyages of Columbus.
Lowndes II, 1102.
This edition not in Sabin (see Sabin 30483).
John Harris, 1666?-1719, English topographer, scientific writer and divine, was commissioned by the London booksellers to compile this
work, and published the first edition in 1705.
John Campbell, 1708-1775, the author of the
Lives of the Admirals
, revised this edition of 1744-8.
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L
d. Anson’s voiage round the world.
8
vo
1815 Catalogue, page 117, no. 115, as above, but omitting
L
d.
and reading
Voyage.
WALTER,
Richard.
A Voyage round the World, in the Years
mdccxl, i, ii, iii, iv. By George Anson, Esq; Commander in Chief of a Squadron of His Majesty’s Ships, sent upon an Expedition to the South-Seas. Compiled from Papers
and other Materials of the Right Honourable George Lord Anson, and published under his Direction, by Richard Walter, M.A. Chaplain of his Majesty’s Ship the Centurion, in that Expedition. The
Seventh Edition. Illustrated with charts, views, &c.
Dublin: printed for
G. and A. Ewing,
1748.
8vo. 184 leaves, 8 plates; no copy of the
Dublin edition was seen for collation.
Sabin 1628, 101175.
Jones, page 74.
George Anson,
Lord Anson, 1697-1762, English admiral of the fleet. “The well-known ‘Voyage round the World’ bears on the title-page of the 1st edition
(1748) ‘compiled from papers and other materials of the Right Honourable George Anson, and published under his direction by
Richard Walter, M.A., chaplain of his Majesty’s Ship Centurion in that expedition.’ Many years afterwards a claim was made
that the work was written, not by Mr. Walter, but by Mr. Benjamin Robins; this has never been substantiated except by mere assertion; and though Robins was certainly employed as
