A VOYAGE TO THE SOUTH SEAS IN THE YEARS 1740-1. CONTAINING A FAITFULL NARRATIVE OF HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP THE WAGER ON A DESOLATE ISLAND WITH THE PROCEEDINGS AND CONDUCT OF THE OFFICERS AND CREW. THE WHOLE COMPILED BY PERSONS CONCERNED IN THE FACTS RELATED VIZ. JOHN BULKELEY AND JOHN CUMMINS, LATE GUNNER AND CARPENTER OF THE WAGER

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A fine copy, bound in contemporary full calf binding. First Edition with author's name on title page. Gilt decorated boards and spine. Provenance of Steve Fossett: Explorer: Adventurer; Sailor and first man to navigate the Earth in a balloon with his bookplate. After the loss of The Wager, Bulkeley and Cummins organized the mutiny against Capt. Cheap. The narrative describes how the mutineers made their way back through the navigation of the straits of Magellan in a surviving longboat, named the Speedwell. Signature of Edw Arblaster appears to top of title page. Hill 210; Sabin 9108; Huntress 50; Evans 7859. N° de ref. del artículo 001097HH

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