Life aboard a British privateer in the time of Queen Anne : being the journal of Captain Woodes Rogers, master mariner

Rogers Woodes D. 1732

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M^BM&^i^i^ ARFXTT AYRES, /Yi^i.^^-^l\( (^ ^ D ^ X--"- •I" LIFE ABOARD A BRITISH PRIVATEER IN THE TIME OF ANNE.QUEEN BEING THE OFJOURNAL CAPTAIN WOODES ROGERS, MASTER MARINER. WITH NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS BY ROBERT C. LESLIE. LONDON : CHAPMAN AND LIMITED,HALL, HENRIETTA COVENT GARDEN.STREET, 1889. GA-2.0 ^^^ CHISWICK PRESS :—C. WHITTINGHAM AND TOOKSCO., COURT, CHANCERY LANE. CONTENTS. PAGE Introduction I CHAPTER I. From King to in Ireland .Road, Bristol, Cork, CHAPTER II. Amongst the Canary Islands .... 21 CHAPTER HI. From Grande towards FernandezJuan CHAPTER IV. From inLobos towards PeruGuiaquil, 67 CHAPTER V. Among the Gallapagos Islands and at Gorgona in Peru . . . . . .Road, 90 CHAPTER VI. Sailing toward the Islands of Guam and Bouton, THENCE TO AND THE CaPE OFROUNDBaTAVIA, Good Home 10Hope, ..... Appendix........ 31 20( i-iL>->.-li > -* V " "'' D^tke & Dutchess Ti'act roitnd it. o 1711. 7-.' V APPENDIX. CONTAINING A RECEIPT FOR A SEA FIGHT. SOME DIRECTIONS FOR FINDING THE and A SHORT COM-LONGITUDE, PARISON BETWEEN SEA-STORMS ANCIENT AND MODERN. A Receipt for a Sea Fight. HE art of naval warfare has so greatly since thechanged following prescrip- tion for and chasing, fighting, taking a was written in6o-gun ship Rogers's that it is doubtful whether de-time, really any finite rules for a sea could be fight given to-day. But in his time such matters to have beenappear as well understood as the of a bowl ofmaking was.

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• Privateer

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• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 25
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 11 Mo

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->.-li > -* V " "'' D^tke & Dutchess Ti'act roitnd it. o 1711. 7-.' V APPENDIX. CONTAINING A RECEIPT FOR A SEA FIGHT. SOME DIRECTIONS FOR FINDING THE and A SHORT COM-LONGITUDE, PARISON BETWEEN SEA-STORMS ANCIENT AND MODERN. A Receipt for a Sea Fight. HE art of naval warfare has so greatly since thechanged following prescrip- tion for and chasing, fighting, taking a was written in6o-gun ship Rogers's that it is doubtful whether de-time, really any finite rules for a sea could be fight given to-day. But in his time such matters to have beenappear as well understood as the of a bowl ofmaking was." />

M^BM&^i^i^ARFXTT AYRES,
/Yi^i.^^-^l\(
(^
^
D^
X--"-
•I"LIFE ABOARD A BRITISH
PRIVATEER
IN THE TIME OF ANNE.QUEEN
BEING THE OFJOURNAL
CAPTAIN WOODES ROGERS,
MASTER MARINER.
WITH NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS BY
ROBERT C. LESLIE.
LONDON :
CHAPMAN AND LIMITED,HALL,
HENRIETTA COVENT GARDEN.STREET,
1889.GA-2.0
^^^
CHISWICK PRESS :—C. WHITTINGHAM AND TOOKSCO., COURT,
CHANCERY LANE.