The Narrative of The Honourable John Byron.Containing An Account of the Great Distresses Suffered by Himself and His Companions On the Coast of Patagonia, From the Year 1740, Till Their Arrival In England, 1746. With A Description of St. Jago De Chili, and The Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants. Also A Relation of the Loss of the Wager Man of War.

(BYRON, John).

Published by London: Printed for S. Baker and G. Leigh. 1768., 1768

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First edition. 8vo., recently rebound with a green morocco spine, marble boards, leather spine labels, (2) leaves, viii, (1)-257, (258) blank. With an engraved frontis. Stain on the verso of the frontis not penetrating through (except for a faint line in the upper margin), some slight offsetting of frontis on title, contemporary name on the title, scattererd foxing, short tears in the lower margins of pp. 32, 100, 101, and a small chip out of the margin of p.201 none affecting text, in fact a near fine copy. "Byron was a midshipman aboard the Wager, which was wrecked on an island off the Chilean coast. He describes the privations endured by the survivors who remained with Captain David Cheap. They were made prisoners by the Indians and turned over to the Spanish authorities. This narrative supplied his grandson, Lord Byron, the poet, with many particulars for the shipwreck in Canto II of Don Juan. Byron, known as "foul weather Jack" commanded a voyage round the world in the Dolphin from 1764-1766. He was later governor of Newfoundland and became an admiral in 1775." (HILL). Sabin 9130, Cox II: p.281, Hill pp.41-42.

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• Title: The Narrative of The Honourable John Byron.Containing An Account of the Great Distresses Suffered by Himself and His Companions On the Coast of Patagonia, From the Year 1740, Till Their Arrival In England, 1746. With A Description of St. Jago De Chili, and The Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants. Also A Relation of the Loss of the Wager Man of War.
• Publisher: London: Printed for S. Baker and G. Leigh. 1768.
• Publication Date: 1768
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
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