The Prize Of All Oceans Glyn Williams Harpercollins Αγγλικά Βιβλία Travel Maps & Atlases

The Startling History Of Anson’s Voyage Round World In 1740 ‘A Quite Remarkably Erudite And Deeply Informed Book’ Patrick O’brian Daily Telegraph 1740-44 Holds A Unique Terrible Place British Naval Misadventures This First Attempt By Royal Navy Ships To Sail Make Dramatic Story Hardship Disaster Mutiny Heroism Only One Squadron Flagship Centurion Completed Its Mission Other Vessels Were Wrecked Scuttled Or Forced Back Shattered Condition Out 1850 Officers Men Who Sailed From Spithead September Almost Fourteen Hundred Died Most Disease Starvation With Crews Ravaged Scurvy Battered Relentless Storms As They Attempted Cape Horn Two Six Men-Of-War Turned Their Captains Face Later Accusations Desertion Third Wager Was On Desolate Island Off Coast Chile Circumstances Which All Discipline Vanished Williams’ Description Ensuing Survival Largest Group Tiny Makeshift Vessel Sailing Hundreds Miles South Safety Appalling Conditions Is Classic Account What Set Be Sea When Anson Reached China November 1742 He Left Ship Handful Some Whom Had ‘Turned Mad Idiots’ Despite Determined Capture ‘The Prize Oceans’ Legendary Spanish Treasure Making Annual Acapulco Manila Succeeded Returned Home Hero Like Drake Himself Great Masters Σελίδες: 288 Διαστάσεις: 12 9X12 9Cm