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The prize of all the oceans, the dramatic true story of Commodore Anson's voyage round the world and how he seized the Spanish treasure galleon, Glyn Williams

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The prize of all the oceans, the dramatic true story of Commodore Anson's voyage round the world and how he seized the Spanish treasure galleon, Glyn Williams

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-254) and index

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mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The prize of all the oceans

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

43903670

Responsibility statement

Glyn Williams

Sub title

the dramatic true story of Commodore Anson's voyage round the world and how he seized the Spanish treasure galleon

Summary

Chronicles Commodore George Anson's attempts to seize a Spanish galleon on its yearly voyage from Acapulco to Manila in 1740

Table Of Contents

A South Sea venture -- The ordeal begins -- The missing ships -- To distress and annoy the King of Spain -- Words cannot express the misery -- The prize of all the oceans -- Confrontation at Canton -- Homecoming: acclamation and recrimination -- Past and future -- A literary puzzle: the authorship of Anson's Voyage

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