Title continues: "In the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. By George Anson, Esq; Afterwards Lord Anson, Commander in Chief of A Squadron of His Majesty's Ships, Sent Upon an Expedition to the South Seas. Compiled From His Majesty's Ship the Centurion, in that Expedition. With Charts of the Southern Part of South America, of Part of the Pacific Ocean, and of the Track of the Centurion round the World."