A Voyage to the South-Seas: The Wager's Loss and Survival

Bulkeley, John; Cummins, John. A Voyage to the South-Seas, in the Years 1740-1. Containing, a Faithful Narrative of the Loss of His Majesty's Ship the Wager on a Desolate Island in the Latitude 47 South, Longitude 81:40 West. With the Proceedings and Conduct of the Officers and Crew and Hardships They Endured in the Said Island for the Space of Five Months; Their Bold Attempt for Liberty, in Coasting the Southern Part of the Vast Region of Patagonia;..... their Passage and Usage on Board a Portuguese Ship to Lisbon; And Their Return to England....The Whole Compiled by Persons Concerned in the Facts Related, Viz. John Bulkeley and John Cummins, Late Gunner and Carpenter of the Wager. [Jacob Robinson, 1743., London]. 8vo. xx, 220 pp. Light foxing. Full brown calf, rebacked; raised bands, red leather gilt-stamped spine label. 'This book is one of the principle accounts of the Wager, which was wrecked off the southern coast of Chile after rounding Cape Horn. Under the command of Captain Cheap, the Wager was one of Anson's fleet, which was on its way to harass the Spanish. After the wreck, gunner John Bulkeley and carpenter John Cummins conducted the mutinous part of the crew until they arrived safely in Rio de Janeiro. Much of the adventure and interest of the account is in the description of their travels passing through the Strait of Magellan in a longboat. There are two editions of 1743: the first, here, published by Jacob Robinson, giving the authors' names on the title page; the other, published by J. Twig, omitting the authors' names.' Henry Bonham bookplate and Ingleton bookplate; F. Edwards catalogue entry tipped-in. Title page repaired with no loss of text.