A voyage round the world : in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV /
"In the annals of Britain's naval history Anson's voyage of 1740-4 holds a celebrated place. The first formal attempt by a naval expedition to circumnavigate the world, it affords a striking story of hardship, disaster, mutiny, and heroism. Only one of Anson's squadron, Centurion...
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London ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
1974.
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| Series: | Oxford English memoirs and travels.
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