Author: George ANSON (Baron Anson.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
The History of Commodore Anson's Voyage Round the World, Etc
Author: George ANSON (Baron Anson.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
The Voyage of Commodore Anson Around the World
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Voyages around the world
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
A Voyage Round the World, in the Years 1740-44
Author: George AnsonThe Voyage of Commodore Anson Round the World
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Voyages around the world
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Anson's Voyage Round the World
Author: George Anson Baron AnsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Voyages around the world
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
The History of Commodore Anson's Voyage round the World, etc.
Author: George ANSON (Baron Anson.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : ga
Pages : 180
Book Description
Anson's Voyage Round the World
Author: H.W. HouseholdPublisher: VolumesOfValue
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
Anson's Voyage Round the World The Text Reduced with Introduction, Notes and Glossary This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents and linked Footnotes CONTENTS (abridged list) INTRODUCTION BY THE EDITOR. CHAPTER 1. PURPOSE OF THE VOYAGE. COMPOSITION OF THE SQUADRON. ARRIVAL AT MADEIRA. CHAPTER 2. SPANISH PREPARATIONS. FATE OF PIZARRO'S SQUADRON. ... CHAPTER 39. STORES AND PROVISIONS. A FIRE IN CANTON. SAILORS AS FIREMEN. THE VICEROY'S GRATITUDE. CHAPTER 40. ANSON RECEIVED BY THE VICEROY. CENTURION SETS SAIL. TABLE BAY. SPITHEAD. MAPS. GLOSSARY.
The Voyage of Commodore Anson
Author: George baron AnsonThe History of Commodore Anson's Voyage Round the World
Author: Richard WalterThe Prize of All the Oceans
Author: Glyndwr WilliamsPublisher: Penguin Group
ISBN: 9780141002262
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The power of the sea and man's fragility as he confronts it are terrifyingly portrayed in this rousing, historic round-the-world treasure hunt. In 1740, in the first year of war with Spain, Commodore George Anson set sail with a squadron of six British warships. His secret mission, prowling the world's longest, richest, most far-flung ocean trade route, was to seize the legendary Spanish galleon on her yearly voyage from Acapulco to Manila laden with Peruvian silver, "the prize of all the oceans." It was to be a four-year litany of hardship, disaster, mutiny, and, finally, heroism. Historian Glyn Williams's The Prize of All the Oceans shapes Anson's dramatic voyage into a powerful narrative threaded with incisive analysis and commentary. At its center is a colorful portrait of a commander who hauled ropes alongside his men, tended their sicknesses, and watched them die by the hundreds -- but never wavered in his resolve to capture the prize that would bring him untold wealth and return home triumphant. Glyn Williams tells the full story for the first time in a book that will rivet history buffs and armchair survivalists alike. - Back cover.