Anson's voyage round the world in the years 1740-44,: With an account of the last capture of a Manila galleon;

in 1770 george anson set out from england under orders from king george to harass and distress the spanish coast of south america. startig with a fleet of eight ships and a crew of mostly inexperienced farm boys, he returned to englsnd four years later--seven ships lost, but having captured one of the fabulously weathy spanish gallons along the way