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A privateer's voyage round the world / / George Shelvocke ; edited with an introduction by Vincent McInerney



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Autore: Shelvocke George Visualizza persona
Titolo: A privateer's voyage round the world / / George Shelvocke ; edited with an introduction by Vincent McInerney Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Barnsley, [England] : , : Seaforth Publishing, , 2010
©2010
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (209 p.)
Disciplina: 910.45092
Soggetto topico: Voyages around the world
Privateering
Soggetto geografico: South America Description and travel Early works to 1800
Pacific Coast (Mexico) Description and travel Early works to 1800
Pacific Coast (South America) Description and travel Early works to 1800
Mexico Description and travel Early works to 1800
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Persona (resp. second.): McInerneyVincent
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di contenuto: 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; Notes
Sommario/riassunto: In 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 immor
Titolo autorizzato: A privateer's voyage round the world  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-78346-869-6
1-78346-403-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910461746503321
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