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Byron Of The Wager
Stock No 2651
Artist / Author / Creator SHANKLAND, Peter
Category Books
Country Published U.K.
Date Published 1975
Description 1st ED. 288pp. 7 b/w plates. vg cond. dj good, 2 x 15mm closed tears top edge. The Wager, a 40-gun ship, accompanied Anson in his voyage of circumnavigation in 1740 in search of Spanish treasure ships but in terrible weather rounding the Horn she was parted from her companions and driven ashore on the Pacific coast of Tierra del Fuego. The survivers eventually reached England after advetures and privations.
Price £3.00
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