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Privateer's Voyage Round the World

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 de...

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Main Author: Shelvocke, George
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Seaforth Publishing, 2010.
Series:Seafarers' voices.
Subjects:
Shelvocke, George > Travel.
Shelvocke, George
Voyages around the world > Early works to 1800.
Privateering > Early works to 1800.
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.
Privateering
Travel
Voyages around the world
Mexico
Mexico > Pacific Coast
South America
South America > Pacific Coast
Early works

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Call Number: G420 .S53 S44 2010
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