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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shelvocke, George, author.

Contributor:

McInerney, Vincent, editor, author of introduction, etc.

Series:

Seafarers' voices.

Seafarers Voices

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Voyages around the world--Early works to 1800.

Voyages around the world.

Privateering--Early works to 1800.

Privateering.

South America--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.

South America.

Pacific Coast (Mexico)--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.

Pacific Coast (Mexico).

Pacific Coast (South America)--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.

Pacific Coast (South America).

Mexico--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.

Mexico.

Shelvocke, George--Travel.

Shelvocke, George.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 p.)

Place of Publication:

Barnsley, [England] : Seaforth Publishing, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781783468690

1783468696

9781783464036

1783464038

OCLC:

918997645