THE NARRATIVE OF THE HONOURABLE JOHN BYRON (COMMODORE IN A LATE EXPEDITION ROUND THE WORLD) CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THE GREAT DISTRESSES SUFFERED BY HIMSELF AND HIS COMPANIONS ON THE COAST OF PATAGONIA FROM THE YEAR 1740, TILL THEIR ARRIVAL IN ENGLAND, 1746. WITH A DESCRIPTION OF ST. JAGO DE CHILI AND THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE INHABITANTS. ALSO A RELATION OF THE LOSS OF THE WAGER MAN OF WAR, ONE OF ADMIRAL ANSON'S SQUADRON.; The Narrative of the Honourable John Byron (Commodore in a Late Expedition round the World) containing An Account of the Great Distresses Suffered by Himself and His Companions on the Coast of Patagonia from the Year 1740 till their Arrival in ..
by Byron, John
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London: Printed for S. Baker and G. Leigh in York Street; and T. Davies, in Russel=street, Covent-garden, 1768. Second Edition. Leather-bound. Good only. Full old calf. Leather cracked and worn. Front board reattached. Remnant red leather title label Lacking frontis. Stamps on title & 3 other leaves. Clean copy internally. [iv], viii, 258 (last blank) Apparently a line-for- line reprint of the 1st edition published in the same year, reset, with the mispagination at pp.168/99 corrected. Tew 162.
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- THE NARRATIVE OF THE HONOURABLE JOHN BYRON (COMMODORE IN A LATE EXPEDITION ROUND THE WORLD) CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THE GREAT DISTRESSES SUFFERED BY HIMSELF AND HIS COMPANIONS ON THE COAST OF PATAGONIA FROM THE YEAR 1740, TILL THEIR ARRIVAL IN ENGLAND, 1746. WITH A DESCRIPTION OF ST. JAGO DE CHILI AND THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE INHABITANTS. ALSO A RELATION OF THE LOSS OF THE WAGER MAN OF WAR, ONE OF ADMIRAL ANSON'S SQUADRON.; The Narrative of the Honourable John Byron (Commodore in a Late Expedition round the World) containing An Account of the Great Distresses Suffered by Himself and His Companions on the Coast of Patagonia from the Year 1740 till their Arrival in ..
- Author
- Byron, John
- Format/Binding
- Leather-bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Good only
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- Edition
- Second Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed for S. Baker and G. Leigh in York Street; and T. Davies, in Russel=street, Covent-garden
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1768
- Keywords
- South American Travel,
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