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

• Autore: Shelvocke George
• 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
• 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
• ISBN: 1-78346-869-6; 1-78346-403-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910797581803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Seafarers' voices.