R.W. Seale sculp.
[London: for the author by John and Paul Knapton, 1748.]
Engraved map, two sheets conjoined total 315 x 885mm (12½ x 34½"). Folded as issued, splits in folds.
A chart showing the route of George Anson's ship 'Centurion' in pursuit of a Spanish treasure ship, the ' Nuestra Señora de Covadonga', sailing between Acapulco in Mexico and Manila in the Philippines. By a stroke of luck they met up, and Anson took a vast treasure of 1.3 million silver pieces of eight, a haul that needed thirty-two wagons to transport to the Tower of London on his return. Published in Anson's own account, ''A Voyage Round the World, in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV''.
[Ref: 43986] £350.00
[London: for the author by John and Paul Knapton, 1748.]
Engraved map, two sheets conjoined total 315 x 885mm (12½ x 34½"). Folded as issued, splits in folds.
A chart showing the route of George Anson's ship 'Centurion' in pursuit of a Spanish treasure ship, the ' Nuestra Señora de Covadonga', sailing between Acapulco in Mexico and Manila in the Philippines. By a stroke of luck they met up, and Anson took a vast treasure of 1.3 million silver pieces of eight, a haul that needed thirty-two wagons to transport to the Tower of London on his return. Published in Anson's own account, ''A Voyage Round the World, in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV''.
[Ref: 43986] £350.00