A Voyage Round the World by way of the Great South Sea: Performed in a Private Expedition During the War, Which Broke out With Spain, in the Year 1718

London: W. Innys and J. Richardson, 1757. Second and best edition. "Captains Shelvock and Clipperton led a privately financed expedition for attacking Spanish shipping. Shelvock gave his superior officer the slip in a storm and proceeded to Brazil and thence to the west coast of South America, where in two months he sacked Payta, Peru, and captured several small prizes... Shelvocke mentioned the gold of California and the guano of Peru... An incident in the narrative... is said to have inspired Coleridge's 'Rime of the Ancient Mariner'... The second edition is much better printed than the first. It was edited by Shelvocke's son, who corrected the text extensively, in an effort to vindicate his father."Hill 1558. Cowan remarks, "Shelvocke has the fullest account of California, the natives, and other features, of any of the old voyagers."Cowan pp. 581-582. This copy is in good condition, with a few old marginal tape repairs not affecting text. The four wood engraved plates, two of which are folding, are in very good condition. Unfortunately, the frontispiece map is lacking in this copy. Handsomely bound in half morocco with raised bands and gold spine lettering and decoration over boards, but still a cripple and priced accordingly. . 20 cm. iii, (3), 476 pp. b/w plates, some folding. (Inventory #: 48001)