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A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD, IN THE YEARS 1740, 1, 2, 3, 4. Compiled from his papers and materials by Richard Walter.

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A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD, IN THE YEARS 1740, 1, 2, 3, 4. Compiled from his papers and materials by Richard Walter.

by Anson, George; Walter, Richard

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Printed by Alex. Lawrie and Co., Edinburgh: ., 1804 Two volumes in one. pp. vi, 212, 245. 12 mo. 172 mm. Original full leather binding, worn. Admiral of the Fleet George Anson, 1st Baron Anson (1697-1762), was a Royal Navy officer. He served as a junior officer during the War of the Spanish Succession and then saw active service against Spain at the Battle of Cape Passaro during the War of the Quadruple Alliance. He then undertook a circumnavigation of the globe during the War of Jenkins' Ear. Anson commanded the fleet that defeated the French Admiral de la Jonquiere at the First Battle of Cape Finisterre during the War of the Austrian Succession. He went on to be First Lord of the Admiralty during the Seven Years' War. Among his reforms were the removal of corrupt defence contractors, improved medical care, submitting a revision of the Articles of War to Parliament to tighten discipline throughout the Navy, uniforms for commissioned officers, the transfer of the Marines from Army to Navy authority, and a system for rating ships according to their number of guns. Richard walter (1716?-1785) was appointed in 1740 chaplain of his majesty's ship Centurion, then fitting out for her celebrated voyage round the world, under the command of Commodore George Anson. Though a puny, weakly man, pale, and of a low stature he had to assist in the actual working of the ship, till her arrival at Macao in November 1742. In December, an opportunity occurring, he obtained the commodore's leave, and returned to England in one of the East India Company's ships. He took his M.A. degree in 1744, and in March 1745 was appointed chaplain of Portsmouth dockyard, a post which he held till his death on 10 March 1785. In 1748 Walter published this account of Anson's Voyage. The book had been anxiously looked for, and almost immediately ran through several editions; four were issued in 1748. It has been since reprinted very many times in its entirety or in abridgments, and is still esteemed as the story of a remarkable voyage extremely well told. W140. Hardcover.

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A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD, IN THE YEARS 1740, 1, 2, 3, 4. Compiled from his papers and materials by Richard Walter.
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Anson, George; Walter, Richard
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TRAVEL EXPLORATION VOYAGES SHIPS MARITIME
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