(SOUTH AMERICA) John Bulkeley; and John Cummins A Voyage to

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(SOUTH AMERICA.) John Bulkeley; and John Cummins. A Voyage to the South-Seas, in the Years 1740-1. xx, 220 pages. 8vo, later calf gilt, moderate wear; hinges split, minor foxing; later bookplate on front pastedown. London: Jacob Robinson, 1743

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The British naval vessel Wager, part of Anson's fleet which harassed Spanish shipping, wrecked off the coast of Chile. A portion of the surviving crew mutinied and took a longboat through the Straits of Magellan, up the Patagonian coast, and finally reaching safety in Brazil. One of two 1743 London editions (priority unknown). European Americana 743/40; Hill 210; Sabin 9108.