sorry ! no shipping to the USA [the local postal services don't accept shipments to the US] 1751 first French edition of Anson's Travels around the World, illustrated with maps and views [all of them photographed , please check the pics !] incomplete of some maps and maybe views and some text at the end of the book. Generally to be considered as in bad condition , a reading or decoration copy - or a breaker for the remaining maps and views, etc. Weakening of paper in the edges ,mostly at beginning and end of the book, some soiling foxing ink stains shipping by registered mail only ! unfortunately the books weight is 1.1 kg, so it falls in the highest tariff category in case the high bidder is interested in the plates only , please contact for significant lower tariff ! On the voyage : While Great Britain was fighting the War of Jenkins' Ear with Spain in 1740, Commodore George Anson led a squadron of eight ships on a mission to disrupt or capture the Spanish possessions in the Pacific. He returned to Britain in 1744 by way of China, thereby completing a circumnavigation of the globe. The voyage was notable for the capture of the Manila galleon and for its horrific losses due to powerful storms and disease, with only 188 men of the original 1,854 crew and officers surviving. An account of the voyage was published in 1748. It was widely read by the general public and was a great commercial success. It has been described in 1899 as being "still esteemed as the story of a remarkable voyage extremely well told." more in catawiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Anson%27s_voyage_around_the_world