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 WestAuthor: John Bulkeley and John CumminsYear: 1743Publisher: Printed for Jacob RobinsonPlace: LondonDescription: xx+220 pages. Octavo (8" x 5") bound in later calf with red spine labels in gilt. (European Americana 743 40; Hill 210; Sabin 9108) First edition. One of two 1743 London editions (priority unknown). In 1740, Commodore George Anson was commissioned to capture or disrupt Spanish colonies in the Pacific Ocean. Setting off from Portsmouth, the