ANSON'S VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD

About this eBook

Author

Walter, Richard, 1716?-1785

Title

Anson's Voyage Round the World The Text Reduced

Credits

Produced by Amy Zelmer and Sue Asscher

Language

English

LoC Class

G: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation

Subject

Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762

Category

Text

eBook-No.

16611

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16611

Release Date

August 28, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.ANSON'S VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD. — THE TEXT REDUCED. — WITH INTRODUCTION, NOTES AND GLOSSARY — BY — H.W. HOUSEHOLD, M.A. — FORMERLY ASSISTANT MASTER AT CLIFTON COLLEGE.
3. 3.INTRODUCTION. — ANSON'S VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD.
4. 4.CHAPTER 1. PURPOSE OF THE VOYAGE.--COMPOSITION OF THE SQUADRON--MADEIRA.
5. 5.CHAPTER 2. SPANISH PREPARATIONS--FATE OF PIZARRO'S SQUADRON.
6. 6.CHAPTER 3. FROM MADEIRA TO ST. CATHERINE'S--UNHEALTHINESS OF THE SQUADRON.
7. 7.CHAPTER 4. THE COMMODORE'S INSTRUCTIONS--BAD WEATHER--NARROW ESCAPE OF THE PEARL--ST JULIAN.
8. 8.CHAPTER 5. FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS--TIERRA DEL FUEGO--THE STRAITS OF LE MAIRE.
9. 9.CHAPTER 6. HEAVY GALES--A LONG BATTLE WITH WIND AND SEA--THE CENTURION LOSES HER CONSORTS.
10. 10.CHAPTER 7. OUTBREAK OF SCURVY*--DANGER OF SHIPWRECK.
11. 11.CHAPTER 8. JUAN FERNANDEZ--THE TRIAL REJOINS.
12. 12.CHAPTER 9. THE SICK LANDED--ALEXANDER SELKIRK*--SEALS AND SEA-LIONS.
13. 13.CHAPTER 10. REAPPEARANCE OF THE GLOUCESTER--DISTRESS ON BOARD--HER EFFORTS TO ENTER THE BAY.
14. 14.CHAPTER 11. TRACES OF SPANISH CRUISERS--ARRIVAL OF THE ANNA PINK.
15. 15.CHAPTER 12. THE WRECK OF THE WAGER--A MUTINY.
16. 16.CHAPTER 13. THE WRECK OF THE WAGER (CONTINUED)--THE ADVENTURES OF THE CAPTAIN'S PARTY.
17. 17.CHAPTER 14. THE LOSSES FROM SCURVY--STATE AND PROSPECTS OF THE SQUADRON.
18. 18.CHAPTER 15. A PRIZE--SPANISH PREPARATIONS--A NARROW ESCAPE.
19. 19.CHAPTER 16. THE COMMODORE'S PLANS--ANOTHER PRIZE--THE TRIAL DESTROYED..
20. 20.CHAPTER 17. MORE CAPTURES--ALARM OF THE COAST--PAITA.
21. 21.CHAPTER 18. THE ATTACK ON PAITA.
22. 22.CHAPTER 19. THE ATTACK ON PAITA (CONTINUED)--KIND TREATMENT AND RELEASE OF THE PRISONERS--THEIR GRATITUDE.
23. 23.CHAPTER 20. A CLEVER TRICK. WATERING AT QUIBO. CATCHING THE TURTLE.
24. 24.CHAPTER 21. DELAY AND DISAPPOINTMENT--CHASING A HEATH FIRE--ACAPULCO--THE Manila GALLEON--FRESH HOPES.
25. 25.CHAPTER 22. THE Manila* TRADE.
26. 26.CHAPTER 23. WAITING FOR THE GALLEON--DISAPPOINTMENT--CHEQUETAN.
27. 27.CHAPTER 24. THE PRIZES SCUTTLED--NEWS OF THE SQUADRON REACHES ENGLAND--BOUND FOR CHINA.
28. 28.CHAPTER 25. DELAYS AND ACCIDENTS--SCURVY AGAIN--A LEAK--THE GLOUCESTER ABANDONED.
29. 29.CHAPTER 26. THE LADRONES SIGHTED--TINIAN.
30. 30.CHAPTER 27. LANDING THE SICK. CENTURION DRIVEN TO SEA.
31. 31.CHAPTER 28. ANSON CHEERS HIS MEN--PLANS FOR ESCAPE--RETURN OF THE CENTURION.
32. 32.CHAPTER 29. THE CENTURION AGAIN DRIVEN TO SEA--HER RETURN--DEPARTURE FROM TINIAN.
33. 33.CHAPTER 30. CHINESE FISHING FLEETS--ARRIVAL AT MACAO.
34. 34.CHAPTER 31. MACAO--INTERVIEW WITH THE GOVERNOR--A VISIT TO CANTON.
35. 35.CHAPTER 32. A LETTER TO THE VICEROY--A CHINESE MANDARIN--THE CENTURION IS REFITTED AND PUTS TO SEA.
36. 36.CHAPTER 33. WAITING FOR THE Manila GALLEON.
37. 37.CHAPTER 34. THE CAPTURE OF THE GALLEON.
38. 38.CHAPTER 35. SECURING THE PRISONERS--MACAO AGAIN--AMOUNT OF THE TREASURE.
39. 39.CHAPTER 36. THE CANTON RIVER--NEGOTIATING WITH THE CHINESE--PRISONERS RELEASED.
40. 40.CHAPTER 37. CHINESE TRICKERY.
41. 41.CHAPTER 38. PREPARATIONS FOR A VISIT TO CANTON.
42. 42.CHAPTER 39. STORES AND PROVISIONS--A FIRE IN CANTON--SAILORS AS FIREMEN--THE VICEROY'S GRATITUDE.
43. 43.CHAPTER 40. ANSON RECEIVED BY THE VICEROY--CENTURION SETS SAIL--TABLE BAY--SPITHEAD.
44. 44.GLOSSARY

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