pascoe thomas (16 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Ex-library copy with usual markings.

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Fine Facsimile Reprint. An exceptional copy with mylar-sleeved simile vellum. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new and still in the publisher's protective wrapping.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 347 pages; Physical desc.:[xvi], 347, 39p. Includes index and appendix. Subjects: Sea travel - south seas - sea voyages. Series: Bibliotheca Australiana #72. Notes: Facsimile reprint of the 1745 London edition. Summary: All the material incidents of this voyage, from its commencement in the year 1740 to its conclusion in 1744, are fully and faithfully related, having been committed to paper at the time they happened. Anson's official journal was published in 1748. 3 Kg.

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8vo. 21cm, facsimile reprint, (iii),(x),347,39pp., appendix, list of subscribers, white cloth, gilt spine and cover titles on blue labels, fine (as new) condition (tr.ds). ~ A facsimile reprint of the 1795 first edition. Original title-page: "A Tour and Impartial Journal of a Voyage to the South-Seas, and Round the Globe, in His Majesty's Ship the 'Centurian', under the Command of Commodore George Anson." Author Pascoe Thomas was the teacher of mathematics on board the "Centurion".

hardcover. Zustand: Fine. **HARDBACK** In unclipped dustjacket No stamps or inscriptions;

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Einband - fest (Hardcover). Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Second Edition. Octavo, vi, [2],196 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Brown spine with gilt lettering. Boards have been rebound, have light bumping to spine head/tail and front head fore corner, and a small dent along the front fore edge. Textblock has foxing and light soiling throughout, and moderate age toning to edges. The half-title page appears to be tipped in when the book was rebound. Features two inscriptions from economic historian and Oxford scholar Max Hartwell to John Hughes, dated '1963', on the front and rear free endpapers (the latter inverted). Additionally, signed by John Pascoe Fawkner (1792-1869), founder of Melbourne, Australia, on page [1]. Shelved in Case 5. 1399220. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION, (16), 347, 39 pp, 10 page list of subscribers, occasional light toning and spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked in calf, spine gilt, red morocco label, 8vo, S. Birt, J. Newbery, and J. Collyer, 1745. Pascoe Thomas, a mathematical teacher on board the Centurion on George Anson's circumnavigation, like many travellers before and after him, Thomas sought to capitalise on what he had seen by publishing his experiences by subscription, thereby increasing both his risk and profit in publishing. A scarce account of Anson's voyage to harass Spanish shipping along the west coast of South America in 1740-43, concluding with the capture of a Manila galleon carrying £400,000 in treasure. Includes general historical accounts of Chile, Peru, Mexico, and China. "Pascoe Thomas kept a full and faithful daily journal of the incidents of this important four-year voyage. Included are a very interesting list of subscribers names and an appendix giving an account of the treasure taken from the 'Nuestra Signora del Buono Carmella'. This account of the voyage preceded the publication of the official account of Lord Anson's voyage by three years" Hill. The final sentence concludes dispassionately that 'the Sight of so many dead Men and their Blood is a very great Discouragement to the Survivors'. Given that Anson's voyage was tragic in many ways (the loss of all but one of the six ships, and of more than half of his men), the account called for a restrained narrator. As well as the account of the treasure, the appendix discusses the dimensions of the ships, the motions of a comet seen on the coast of Mexico and tables of longitudes and latitudes. [Sabin 95437. Hill 1693. Cox I, pp.48-49. Palau 331781.].

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition London, S. Birt, J. Newbery & J. Collyer, 1745. 8vo. Contemporary calf gilt, (16), 347, 39 pp. Pascoe Thomas, a mathematical teacher on board the Centurion on George Anson's circumnavigation, like many travellers before and after him, Thomas sought to capitalise on what he had seen by publishing his experiences by subscription, thereby increasing both his risk and profit in publishing. A scarce account of Anson's voyage to harass Spanish shipping along the west coast of South America in 1740-43, concluding with the capture of a Manila galleon carrying £400,000 in treasure. Includes general historical accounts of Chile, Peru, Mexico, and China. "Pascoe Thomas kept a full and faithful daily journal of the incidents of this important four-year voyage. Included are a very interesting list of subscribers names and an appendix giving an account of the treasure taken from the 'Nuestra Signora del Buono Carmella'. This account of the voyage preceded the publication of the official account of Lord Anson's voyage by three years" - Hill. The final sentence concludes dispassionately that 'the Sight of so many dead Men and their Blood is a very great Discouragement to the Survivors'. Given that Anson's voyage was tragic in many ways (the loss of all but one of the six ships, and of more than half of his men), the account called for a restrained narrator. As well as the account of the treasure, the appendix discusses the dimensions of the ships, the motions of a comet seen on the coast of Mexico and tables of longitudes and latitudes. Sabin 95437. Hill 1693. Cox I, pp.48-49. Palau 331781.

First edition; 8vo, [xvi], 347, [i], 39, [i]pp., a couple of gatherings in the appendix slightly proud, contemporary sprinkled calf, lightly rubbed, short splits to joints, corners bumped, a very good copy. 'Pascoe Thomas kept a full and faithful daily journal of the incidents of this important four-year voyage. Included [is] an appendix giving an account of the treasure taken from the Nuestra Signora del Buono Carmella. This account. preceded the publication of the official account of Lord Anson's voyage by three years' (Hill). At the bottom of page 36 of the appendix the exact latitude and, remarkably, the longitude of the fabled Strait of Anian are provided. This precise location of the Pacific entrance to the elusive Northwest Passage came from a Spanish document captured by Anson, and gave rise to the suspicion that the Spanish had discovered the passage but kept it secret. Anson's voyage was a landmark of 18th-century English circumnavigation, laying the groundwork for the British exploration of the Pacific in the later half of the 18th century. The expedition set out to cut off Spanish supplies of gold and silver from South America after the outbreak of war in 1739. Whilst successful, taking a number of prize ships off the Philippines, the cost was high: six ships were wrecked off the coast of South America or in rounding Cape Horn. Hill 1693; Sabin 95437.

Under the Command of Commodore George Anson. Together with some historical accounts of Chili, Peru, Mexico, and the empire of China. First edition. 8vo. Contemporary calf, worn, with front joint split and almost detached. Marginal worming at the bottom of the first 30 or so pages. Armorial bookplate on front pastedown endpaper. Good. [xvi], 347, 39pp. London, Pascoe Thomas's Journal precedes the official account of Anson's voyage by three years. In addition to providing a detailed account of this important circumnavigation, the work also invcludes an appendix listing the treasure taken from the Nuestra Signora del Buono Carmella. Hill, 1693; Sabin, 95437.

Under the Command of Commodore George Anson. Together with some historical accounts of Chili, Peru, Mexico, and the empire of China. First edition. 8vo. Contemporary calf, worn, with front joint split but holding. [xvi], 347, 39, [1]pp. London, Pascoe Thomas's Journal precedes the official account of Anson's voyage by three years. In addition to providing a detailed account of this important circumnavigation, the work also invcludes an appendix listing the treasure taken from the Nuestra Signora del Buono Carmella. Hill, 1693; Sabin, 95437.