Log of the Centurion - Based on the Original Papers of Captain Philip Saumarez on Board HMS Centurion, Lord Anson's Flagship During His Circumnavigation 1740-44

A fascinating account of the journal kept by Captain Philip Saumarez (1710-1747) on board the flagship Centurion between 1740 and 1744. Lord Anson's circumnavigation in the Centurion is one of the great voyages in the history of exploration and naval warfare. Distinguished from privateering voyages of the Elizabethan buccaneers in that it was a naval expedition formally sanctioned by the Admiralty, the Centurion's mission was to harass the Spaniards on the west coast of South and Central America and to capture the Spanish treasure ship known as the Acapulco galleon. The treasure captured during this expedition produced the largest amount of prize money in naval history...