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Byron's Narrative of the Loss of the Wager. Byron's Narrative of the Loss of the Wager.

(BYRON, George Noel Gordon, Baron) BYRON, John. Byron's Narrative of the Loss of the Wager. With 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. Henry Leggatt & Co. 1833
3pp cata. Orig. dark green moire cloth, spine lettered in gilt; sl. rubbed.

¶John Byron, 1723-1786, was the poet's grandfather and a well-known politician and Royal Navy officer. His account of the HMS Wager shipwreck in May 1741 and the subsequent journey back to England was first published in 1768, and was reproduced in many later editions.
Stock #91145
£55


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