A Cruising Voyage Round the World: The Adventures of an English Privateer
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| Rating | : | 4.89 (718 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 158976238X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 264 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-10 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Recounts Woodes Rogers wildly audacious 1708-1711 circumnavigation around the world in search of Spanish ships to seize as booty and treasure.
Great look into history during the golden age of the EPJ Great look into history during the golden age of the pirates without the Hollywood junk. However, a bit difficult to read because it is written in an earlier style of the English language. It's not as challenging as Shakespearian English but requires extra concentration. Worth it.. WHAT AN ADVENTURE! Noel If you like history and real life characters, you will love this book! It is a whole journal of Woodes Rogers cruising around the world taking you back in times we never knew existed! Most intriguing and exciting to read! Recommend to all for a real adventure of many discoveries. Loved the part where they landed on the island finding the Real Robinson Crusoe!! Never knew it was off South America!!. S. Clark said a hard slog. This book is only one quarter narrative. Half is library-researched exposition and another quarter is memoranda, the remaining quarter is taken from Rogers' journal.The exposition is concerned with the commercial exploitation potential of the various lands he passed by and is very dry. He also deals a lot with navigation difficulties. In fact, there is a a hard slog This book is only one quarter narrative. Half is library-researched exposition and another quarter is memoranda, the remaining quarter is taken from Rogers' journal.The exposition is concerned with the commercial exploitation potential of the various lands he passed by and is very dry. He also deals a lot with navigation difficulties. In fact, there is a 30 page appendix that details navigation info for all the places he visited. This is unreadable and worthless and could easily have been omitted and the type size increased . 0 page appendix that details navigation info for all the places he visited. This is unreadable and worthless and could easily have been omitted and the type size increased
This is the first-hand story of Woodes Rogers, the most successful British privateer ever, and his circumnavigation from 1708 to 1711. Along the way he rescued a castaway, a Scottish seaman named Alexander Selkirk, who joined his crew. . Rogers' mission was to harass Spanish shipping, and he did it splendidly, capturing two Spanish galleons laden with riches off the Pacific coast of the Americas