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A voyage to the South Seas, in the years 1740-1. Containing a faithful narrative of the loss of His Majesty's Ship the the [sic] Wager on a desolate island in the latitude 47 south, longitude 81:40 west ... Interspersed with many entertaining and curious observations, no taken notice of by Sir John Narborough, or any other journalist, with many things not published in the first edition. By John Bulkeley and John Cummins, late gunner and carpenter of the Wager.
Bulkeley, John.Date: 1757. (Price 10s)- Books
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The narrative of the Honourable John Byron: (commodore in a late expedition round the world.) Containing an account of the great distresses suffered by himself and his companions on the coasts of Patagonia, From the Year 1740, till their Arrival in England, 1746. With a description of St. Jago de Chili, And the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants. Also a relation of the loss of the Wager man of war, One of Admiral Anson's Squadron. Written by himself.
Byron, John, 1723-1786.Date: M,DCC,LXXXVIII. [1788]- Books
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A voyage to the South-Seas, and to many other parts of the world, performed from the month of September in the year 1740, to June 1744, by Commodore Anson, In his Majesty's Ship the Centurion, Having under his Command The Gloucester, Pearl, Severn, Wager, Trial, and two Store-Ships. By an officer of the squadron.
Officer of the Squadron.Date: MDCCXLIV. [1744]- Books
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The narrative of the Honourable John Byron (commodore in a late expedition round the world) containing an account of the great distresses suffered by himself and his companions on the coast of Patagonia, from the year 1740, till their Arrival in England, 1746. With a description of St. Jago d Chili, and the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants. Also a relation of the loss of the Wager man of war, One of Admiral Anson's Squadron. Written by himself, and now first published.
Byron, John, 1723-1786.Date: MDCCLXVIII. [1768]- Books
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A voyage to the South Seas, and to many other parts of the world, performed from September 1740, to June 1744, by Commodore Anson, In his Majesty's Ship the Centurion, having under his Command the Gloucester, Pearl, Severn, Wager, Trial, and two Store Ships. To which is added, An appendix, 1. Containing a summary Account of the Discovery of the East India, China, and the principal Islands, by the Europeans: Of the Progress in Trade and Navigation in those Parts: Their respective Factories, Forts and Settlements. 2. The particular Grants, Patents and Privileges granted to the East India Company: The Methods us'd by the Dutch to supplant us in our Trade, and their massacring the English Factory at Amboyna. 3. A Description of the present Trade of India and China in general; of the Diamond Mines of ... and Visiapour, &c. Illustrated with several copper plates.
Officer of the Squadron.Date: 1745