A Privateer's Voyage Round the World

by George Shelvocke

Overview

In 1719, Captain George Shelvocke, a poverty-stricken former Royal Navy officer, was appointed to command the Speedwell, a ship sent to prey on the Spanish in the Pacific. Off Chile, his ship was wrecked in the Juan Fernandez Islands. Undaunted, he built another vessel and eventually returned to England, via Macao, loaded with Spanish plunder. Back home he was arrested for piracy and defrauding his shareholders. His account is a fast-moving, incident-packed tale exposing the world of 18th-century privateers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781783468690
Publisher:	Pen & Sword Books Limited
Publication date:	01/31/2020
Series:	Seafarers' Voices
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	800,415
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

GEORGE SHELVOCKE was born in 1675 and entered the Navy when he was 15. During the wars with France and Spain he rose to become sailing master and then a Second Lieutenant. In 1713, at the end of the wars, he found himself on half pay and it was after that that his adventures in the Pacific began. He died peacefully – and rich – in 1742.