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![Loc OF THE TREASURE GALLEON CAPTURED BY H.M.S. CENTURION. [34] [ANSON’S VOYAGE.] Journal of a Voyage Performed by the Ship Nostra Signora de Cabadonga, from the Port of Manila in the Phillippine Islands, to the Port of Acapulco in the Kingdom of New Spain and back again Anno Dom, 1743. Written on rice paper in an unused petty-cash book found on board the captured Galleon. Folio. Spanish calf over wooden boards. 1743. £21 A volume of exceptional interest. The capture of this rich Galleon by H.M.S. Centurion was one of the outstanding events in the eighteenth century. Anson evidently gave orders that a translation of the captured vessel’s logbook should be made, and for this purpose an unused cash book found in the N.S. de Cabadonga was made use of. The log commences on July 22, 1742 and finishes on Saturday 29th June, 1743 with the remark, “Little Wind and Cloudy. All sail sett.” According to his Journal, Anson made his great capture on June 20, but at that time the calendar in England was eleven days behind the revised calendar used in Spain, so actually the log goes up to the day previous to the capture. At the end are several brief extracts from the logs of other voyages. [35] ANSON (George). A Voyage round the World, 1740-4. By George Anson, Esq., Commander-in-Chief of a Squadron of His Majesty’s Ships, sent upon an Expedition to the South-Seas. Compiled by Richard Walter, M.A., Chaplain of H.M.S. Centurion, in that Expedition. With 42 engraved plates and Charts. First Epition. Thick 4to. Calf. London, 1748. &4 ds [36 | A Large Paper Copy of the First Edition. Large thick 4to. Half morocco, gilt. London, 1748. &5 5s [37 | A Large Paper Copy of a later issue. Large thick 4to. Calf. I.endon, 1749, and other dates. £2 15s [38] [ANSON’S VOYAGE.] 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. Etc. Engraved portrait of Anson and 5 folding plates. Small 8vo. Calf. London, 1745. £7 10s Portrait and title laid down. Some leaves slightly wormed at end. One of the rarest of the volumes dealing with Anson’s Voyage. The book was ready for publication in 1744, with a different title making no mention of the Appendix and ascribing the volume to “An Officer of the Expedition.” This title was cancelled and the present one substituted. Actually the first half of the volume is the work of John Bulkeley, Carpenter of the “Wager.” The second part, from page 218, is anonymous, and describes Anson’s voyage after the ‘‘ Wager” was lost sight of. [39] ARANA (D. B.). Histoire de la Guerre du Pacifique, 1879-80. Map and 8 battle plans. 2 vols. 8vo. Wrappers. Paris, 1881. 15s [40] ARCHENHOLTZ (J. W.). Histoire des Flibustiers. 8vo. Half calf. Paris, Henrichs, 1804. &1 5s [41] [ARGENTINA]. Convengo con el Sentir de los Dotores no ser licito mober gerra a los Gentiles para obligar los a que reciban la Feée. Manuscript report as to the means to be adopted by Missionaries for exploring and converting the provinces of Tucuman, Paraguay, and Buenos Aires. Folio. 4 pp. Circa 1685. £9 9s The writer concurs in the opinion of theologians that it would not be right to convert the [6]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31654344_0012.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
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