Voyage Fait Autour Du Monde Par Le Capitaine Woodes Rogers,Tome Troisième (French Edition)

Rogers, Woodes

History

Wentworth Press

A Cruising Voyage round the World

Carrying letters of marque from Queen Anne authorizing him to prey on Spanish ships and territories in the South Seas, Woodes Rogers left Bristol in 1708 commanding two ships, the Duke and Dutchess. More than three years later, the ships came to anchor in the Thames loaded with one of the greatest treasures captured in British history. The journal Rogers published a year later told the story of how the treasure was won. An instance favorite and eagerly read ever since, the book is one of the most exciting accounts of travel, discovery and adventure ever written.

A Cruising Voyage Round the World

Travel

Travel Writing

Dover Publications. Inc.

Life Aboard a British Privateer in the Time of Queen Anne: Being the Journal of Captain Woodes Rogers, Master Mariner

Kessinger Pub Co

Life Aboard a British Privateer: The First Hand Account of a Famous Privateer Captain at War with the Spanish During the Reign of Queen Anne 1707-1711

Woodes Rogers-the man who rescued 'Robinson Crusoe'In the history of the British at sea, the names of many of its greatest men have long been familiar to almost everyone. For many, however, the name Woodes Rogers may not be foremost among them. Yet in the time of Queen Anne this master mariner, sailing from Bristol, circumnavigated the globe in a momentous two and a half year odyssey with his two ships-Duke and Duchess. He was an English privateer of some repute and was successful against the Spanish, taking several prizes in the Pacific on his epic voyage. It was he who rescued the 'real' marooned hero of Daniel Defoe's adventure Robinson Crusoe-Alexander Selkirk-from Juan Fernandez Island and promptly made him captain of one of his own prize ships the Increase. This astonishing man went on to be the first Royal Governor of the Bahamas, held the post twice, beat off Spanish attempts to gain influence in the region and substantially cleared the Caribbean seas of pirates. This fascinating book combines the research of historian Robert Leslie with Woodes Rogers own journals to make a vital account of an extraordinary mariner from the great age of sail. Through its pages the reader may trace Rogers' career and voyages of the early eighteenth century which inevitably are full of incident and interest. Available in softcover and hardcover with dust jacket.

Biographies & Memoirs

Leslie, Robert C.

Leaders & Notable People

Leonaur Ltd

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A Cruising Voyage Round The World: First To The South-seas, Thence To The East-indies, And Homewards By The Cape Of Good Hope. Begun In 1708, And ... A Journal Of All The Remarkable Transactions

World

Legare Street Press

A cruising voyage round the world: first to the South-Sea, thence to the East-Indies, and homewards by the Cape of Good Hope. Begun in 1708, and ... Rogers, ... The second edition, corrected.

Gale ECCO, Print Editions

Nabu Press

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