02831nam 2200637 450 991082377570332120230725061212.01-78346-869-61-78346-403-8(CKB)3710000000464141(EBL)2167180(SSID)ssj0001543704(PQKBManifestationID)16134976(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001543704(PQKBWorkID)14109660(PQKB)10623245(MiAaPQ)EBC2167180(Au-PeEL)EBL2167180(CaPaEBR)ebr11091564(CaONFJC)MIL823808(OCoLC)918997645(EXLCZ)99371000000046414120150907h20102010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA privateer's voyage round the world /George Shelvocke ; edited with an introduction by Vincent McInerneyBarnsley, [England] :Seaforth Publishing,2010.©20101 online resource (209 p.)Seafarers VoicesDescription based upon print version of record.1-84832-066-3 Editorial Note; Introduction; Prologue: The Scheme of the Voyage; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; NotesIn 1719, Captain George Shelvocke, a poverty-stricken ex-naval officer, appealed for help to an old shipmate, Edward Hughes, who was then part of a consortium fitting-out two privateering vessels to prey on the Spanish in the Pacific. He offered Shelvocke the captaincy of the larger ship but then demoted him to a smaller vessel, and Shelvocke, bitter and revengeful, immediately set off on his own for South America with a semi-mutinous crew, and his much-hated Captain of Marines, William Betagh. After rounding Cape Horn, one of Shelvocke's men shot a black albatross - an event later to be immorSeafarers' voices.Voyages around the worldEarly works to 1800PrivateeringEarly works to 1800South AmericaDescription and travelEarly works to 1800Pacific Coast (Mexico)Description and travelEarly works to 1800Pacific Coast (South America)Description and travelEarly works to 1800MexicoDescription and travelEarly works to 1800Voyages around the worldPrivateering910.45092Shelvocke George1682586McInerney VincentMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823775703321A privateer's voyage round the world4052824UNINA