{"status":true,"msg":{"data":{"id":59841,"auction_id":186,"set_id":220,"lot_number":"126","artist":"Anson, George (1697–1762)","title":"A Voyage Round the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV","starting_price":360000,"signed_dated":"George Anson, printed for the author by John and Paul Knapton, London,1749. Compiled from his Papers and Materials by Richard Walter, M.A., Chaplain of his Majesty's Ship the Centurion, in that Expedition. [20], 417 pp. With 42 numbered copper-engraved maps, charts, views, coastal profiles, etc., most folding. (4to) 29.2x23 cm. (11½x9\"), period full calf, spine gilt, raised bands. Fifth Edition. Cox Vol. I, p.49 (1st Ed.); Hill 1820; Sabin 101175.","medium":"Beautiful, wide-margined copy, on fine, thick paper, of the sought-after fifth edition of Anson's voyage, printed on heavy laid paper and superior in quality to the first four editions produced the preceding year. The work is justifiably famous for the many engraved charts and views, but also noteworthy for the text chronicling adventure and discovery as Anson roamed the Pacific in pursuit of Spanish treasure, at which he was very successful, capturing in 1743 the Manila galleon with a treasure of £400,000 sterling, returning to England a rich and famous man.","size":"Hill comments that \"This compilation has long occupied a distinguished position as a masterpiece of descriptive travel. Anson's voyage appears to have been the most popular book of maritime adventure of the eighteenth century.\" Cox notes that four editions came out the first year of publication, with 16 by 1781. He also comments on the \"famous and unfortunate\" nature of the expedition, with seven of the eight ships that set out being lost rounding Cape Horn and on the coast of Chile, and more than two-thirds of the 900 men that set out from England perishing. This copy does not have the large folding map of the world included with most copies of the fifth edition - though not called for in the list of plates (lacking in this copy). Cox Vol. I, p.49 (1st Ed.); Hill 1820; Sabin 101175.","property":null,"coa":"CONDITION REPORT<br/>\nVery good. Binding restored and book rebound by Ortigas Library. Plates and maps cleaned. Tipped to page 119 is a typed letter from booksellers Francis Edwards Ltd. regarding an incorrect catchword at the bottom of page 119.","provenance":null,"exhibited":null,"literature":null,"write_up":"Between 1740 and 1744, during the War of the Austrian Succession, Commodore (later Admiral) George Anson led a squadron of eight ships on a mission to circumnavigate the world and disrupt Spain's possessions in the Pacific. Seven of his ships were lost, but in 1743 Anson’s flagship, the Centurion, defeated the Manila Galleon Nuestra Señora de Covadonga off Cape Espiritu Santo in Samar. Anson captured not only a fortune in silver bullion and coins, but also Spanish charts by Joseph Fransisco Badaraco. These were taken to England, copied by R.W. Seale, and published in 1748 in the account of Anson’s voyage, A Voyage Round the World, as A Chart of the Channel in the Philippine Islands through which the Manila Galleon passes and A Chart of the Pacific Ocean. Anson’s book and the maps were subsequently produced in multiple editions in English, French, Dutch, German and Russian.","lot_group":"BOOKS","lot_details_html":null,"alias":null,"hp":450000,"bp":0.2016,"isWithdrawn":0,"accounting_hp":450000,"userBid":34,"isPaid":0,"userId":22,"lot_status":"SOLD","isDone":1,"bid_history_id":15623,"reserve_price":null,"hammer_price":540720,"fav":0},"image":[{"id":65335,"img_url":"https://leongallery.sgp1.digitaloceanspaces.com/v2/auction/186/220/lot/126.jpg","isFeatured":1}]},"increment":[450000,500000,550000,600000,650000,700000,750000,800000,900000,1000000,1100000,1200000,1300000,1400000,1500000,1600000,1700000,1800000,1900000,2000000,2200000,2400000,2600000,2800000,3000000,3200000,3400000,3600000,3800000,4000000,4200000,4400000,4600000,4800000,5000000,5500000,6000000,6500000,7000000,7500000,8000000,8500000,9000000,9500000,10000000,11000000,12000000,13000000,14000000,15000000,16000000,17000000,18000000,19000000,20000000],"prev":125,"next":127,"count_bid":0,"bid_history":[],"tokenExpired":1}