A view of Cape Espiritu Santo, on Samal, one of the Phillippine Islands… Centurion engag’d and took the Spanish Galeon call’d Nostra Seigniora de Cabadonga, from Acapulco bound to Manila.

Name: A view of Cape Espiritu Santo, on Samal, one of the Phillippine Islands… Centurion engag'd and took the Spanish Galeon call'd Nostra Seigniora de Cabadonga, from Acapulco bound to Manila.
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Author: George Anson / Richard Walter

Publisher: Paul Knapton, London

Year: 1749 [1748]

Size: 21 x 44.5 cm extra long

Reference: Quirino, pp. 72, 93; Sabin 1637 and 101175 / Hill 1817 / Cox I, 49; Lietz, Insulae Indiae Orientalis, 36th IMCoS Symposium Manila 2018, Gallery of Prints & Ayala Museum, p.90

SKU: 55188 Category: Antique Views Tags: Antique Views 3, boat/ship 1

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copper engraving. RARE; first and large paper edition. View from ‘Voyages Round the World’, pl. 40.

Anson’s HMS Centurion captures Manila Treasure Galleon Cabadonga off Samar on 20 June 1743.

Admiral Sir Peircy Brett (1709-1781) was a Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer he served on George Anson’s ‘A Voyage Round the World…’
James Mason (1710-1783) was a British engraver.

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with professionally repaired tear at right margin.

A view of Cape Espiritu Santo, on Samal, one of the Phillippine Islands… Centurion engag’d and took the Spanish Galeon call’d Nostra Seigniora de Cabadonga, from Acapulco bound to Manila.

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