Remarkable Voyages and Travels

Remarkable Voyages and Travels: Consisting of Anson's Voyages Round the World ; Stephens' Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia and Poland ; and Koempfer's Account of Japan.

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But though the commodore objected both to the appointment of these officers, and to their project; yet, as they had insinuated that their scheme, besides victualling the squadron, might contribute to settling a trade upon that coast, which might be afterwards carried on without difficulty, and might thereby prove a very considerable national advantage, they were much listened to by some considerable persons and of the which was to be the amount of their cargo, the Government agreed to advance them upon imprest, and the remaining 5000 they raised on bottomry bonds; and the goods purchased with this sum were all that were taken to sea by the squadron, how much soever the amount of them might be afterwards magnified by common report.