large paper copy with good naval provenance

Anson's voyage recounts the expedition made to cut off Spanish supplies of wealth from South America after the outbreak of war between Britain and Spain in 1739. Anson succeeded in this by taking a number of prize ships off the Philippines, but at a heavy cost, losing six ships wrecked off the coast of South America or in rounding Cape Horn. Anson's voyage laid the groundwork for the British voyages of exploration in the Pacific of the later half of the eighteenth century and Richard Walter produced a masterpiece of descriptive travel that became the most popular book of maritime adventure of the time.

Captain Michael Everitt became a lieutenant in the Royal Navy on 15 June 1744 and was promoted to the rank of captain on 23 December 1747. He was later to distinguish himself at the Battle of Port Mahon, Majorca, where his gallantry was mentioned in Admiral Byng's dispatch of 25 May 1756.

First edition, large paper copy; 4to, (30 x 23.5 cm); 42 copper-plates (mostly folding), complete with subscriber list and directions to binder; contemporary full russia, decorated in gilt and blind, neat repairs to extremities, marbled edges, a very good copy; [xxxiv], 417, [iii] pp.

Hill 1817; BdM I, 38; Sabin 1625.