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THOMAS, Pascoe (fl. 1740). A True and Impartial Journal of a Voyage to the South-Seas and Round the Globe, in His Majesty's Ship the Centurion, under the command of Commodore George Anson... By Pascoe Thomas, Teacher of Mathematicks on board the Centurion . London: S. Birt, J. Newbery and J. Collyer, 1745.
THOMAS, Pascoe (fl. 1740). A True and Impartial Journal of a Voyage to the South-Seas and Round the Globe, in His Majesty's Ship the Centurion, under the command of Commodore George Anson... By Pascoe Thomas, Teacher of Mathematicks on board the Centurion . London: S. Birt, J. Newbery and J. Collyer, 1745. 8 o (191 x 121 mm). Publisher's advertisement leaf at end. (Some occasional pale spotting.) Contemporary calf (some rubbing, upper joint repaired). Provenance : Charles, Earl of Ailesbury (bookplate on title verso); Thomas W. Streeter (bookplate; his sale part IV, Parke Berket, 24 April 1968, lot 2402). FIRST EDITION. "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 1693). Sabin 95437; Spence 1195; Streeter sale IV:2402 (this copy).