Full name: The Prize of All the Oceans: Anson's Voyage Around the World

Author: Glyn Williams Year: 1999 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780141002262 9780670891979 0141002263 0670891975

In 1740, the first year of the war with Spain, Commodore George Anson set sail with a squadron of six British warships. His secret mission#58; to seize the legendary Spanish galleon on her yearly voyage from Acapulco to Manila laden with Peruvian silver, "the prize of all the oceans." It was to be four years of hardship, disaster, mutiny, and, finally, heroism.brbr Historian Glyn Williams's iThe Prize of All the Oceans/i shapes Anson's dramatic voyage into a powerful narrative threaded with incisive analysis and commentary, giving readers a vivid portrait of an intrepid commander who never wavered in his resolve to capture the prize and return home triumphant. Glyn Williams tells the full story for the first time in a book that will rivet history buffs and armchair survivalists alike. PAuthor Biography#58; Glyn Williams is emeritus professor of history at Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London. He has published numerous books on the history of Britain and the history of exploration. Similar books: Mr. Bligh's Bad Language by Greg Dening British Sea Power by David Howarth Pathfinders by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto The Circumnavigators by Derek Wilson Captain Bligh's Portable Nightmare by John Toohey The Wooden World by N. A. M. Rodger Cabeza de Vaca's Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America by Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca Columbus and the Age of Discovery by Zvi Dor-Ner To Rule the Waves by Arthur Herman The Command of the Ocean by N. A. M. Rodger The Safeguard of the Sea by N. A. M. Rodger The Secret Voyage of Sir Francis Drake by Samuel Bawlf The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy by David Cannadine 1492 by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto The Evolution of Civilizations by Carroll Quigley The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan All Hell Let Loose by Max Hastings 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro with Complete Proof by J. A. Rogers Dreamers and Deceivers by Glenn Beck Twenty Million Tons Under the Sea by Daniel V. Gallery