Admiral Anson's plan of the Bay of Manila

ANSON, George.

Plan de la Baye de Manille.
Paris, c.1750. Coloured. 225 x 280mm.

A chart of the the Bay of Manila from a French edition of Anson's account of his circumnavigation, one of the last great buccaneering voyages. He captured a Spanish galleon laden with so much silver that they needed thirty-two wagons to transfer it to the Tower of London.


Stock ID : 21190