In 1740 Commodore George Anson led a squadron against Spain’s Pacific possessions, and of the ships that fought their way round Cape Horn only the Centurion came home. Walter, the chaplain, recorded the scurvy that killed hundreds, the refuge on Juan Fernandez, the wreck of the Wager and its mutiny, and the raids on Spanish America; this edition shortens the 1748 text.
One of the great eighteenth-century sea narratives, read for its endurance and its seamanship alike. Download the free EPUB.