Rasor Bibliography

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Anson, George. A Voyage Round the World in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. London: Oxford UP, 1748, 1974, xxv, 402 pp. Comps: Richard Walter & Benjamin Robbin; ed: Glyndwr Williams; best-seller of 18th century; famous voyage, 1739-1748.

Categories:

18th C. (1700-1799); Admiralty; age of sail; Anson, George; circumnavigation; First Lord; Royal Navy; voyage;

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, circumnavigation, circumnavigate, around the world, round the world , Anson, George, First Lord, circumnavigator, circumnavigate , First Lord, civilian head of Admiralty , age of sail, Royal Navy, Britain, England, voyage