The burning of the Town of Payta on the Coast of Santa Fee in the South Sea.
J.S. Müller sculp.
[London: for the author by John and Paul Knapton, 1748.]
Coloured engraving. 235 x 520mm (9¼ x 20½"). Folded as issued, repaired tear on left, backed on paper.
George Anson burning the Spanish city of Paita in Peru in 1742, during his buccaneering voyage around the world 1740-44. This attack was only a minor success, with booty valued at £30,000. Later a stroke of luck presented them with a Spanish treasure galleon laden with 1.3 million silver pieces of eight; on their return to London, thirty-two wagons were needed to transfer them to the Tower of London. Published in Anson's own account, ''A Voyage Round the World, in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV''.
[Ref: 43990] £230.00
[London: for the author by John and Paul Knapton, 1748.]
Coloured engraving. 235 x 520mm (9¼ x 20½"). Folded as issued, repaired tear on left, backed on paper.
George Anson burning the Spanish city of Paita in Peru in 1742, during his buccaneering voyage around the world 1740-44. This attack was only a minor success, with booty valued at £30,000. Later a stroke of luck presented them with a Spanish treasure galleon laden with 1.3 million silver pieces of eight; on their return to London, thirty-two wagons were needed to transfer them to the Tower of London. Published in Anson's own account, ''A Voyage Round the World, in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV''.
[Ref: 43990] £230.00