Ansons Voyage Round the World

Anson's Voyage Round the World

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Title: Anson's Voyage Round the World The Text Reduced
Author: Richard Walter
Commentator: H. W. Household
Release Date: August 28, 2005 [EBook #16611]
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ANSON'S VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD.
THE TEXT REDUCED.

WITH INTRODUCTION, NOTES AND GLOSSARY
BY
H.W. HOUSEHOLD, M.A. FORMERLY ASSISTANT MASTER AT CLIFTON COLLEGE.

RIVINGTONS 34, KING STREET, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON.
1901.

CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTION BY THE EDITOR.
CHAPTER 1.
PURPOSE OF THE VOYAGE. COMPOSITION OF THE SQUADRON. ARRIVAL AT MADEIRA.
CHAPTER 2.
SPANISH PREPARATIONS. FATE OF PIZARRO'S SQUADRON.
CHAPTER 3.
FROM MADEIRA TO ST. CATHERINE'S. UNHEALTHINESS OF THE SQUADRON.
CHAPTER 4.
THE COMMODORE'S INSTRUCTIONS. BAD WEATHER. NARROW ESCAPE OF THE PEARL. ST JULIAN.
CHAPTER 5.
FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS. TIERRA DEL FUEGO. THE STRAITS OF LE MAIRE.
CHAPTER 6.
HEAVY GALES. A LONG BATTLE WITH WIND AND SEA. THE CENTURION LOSES HER CONSORTS.
CHAPTER 7.
OUTBREAK OF SCURVY. DANGER OF SHIPWRECK.
CHAPTER 8.
ARRIVAL AT JUAN FERNANDEZ. THE TRIAL REJOINS.
CHAPTER 9.
THE SICK LANDED. ALEXANDER SELKIRK. SEALS AND SEA-LIONS.
CHAPTER 10.
REAPPEARANCE OF THE GLOUCESTER. DISTRESS ON BOARD. HER EFFORTS TO ENTER THE BAY.
CHAPTER 11.
TRACES OF SPANISH CRUISERS. ARRIVAL OF THE ANNA PINK.
CHAPTER 12.
THE WRECK OF THE WAGER. A MUTINY.
CHAPTER 13.
THE WRECK OF THE WAGER (CONTINUED). THE ADVENTURES OF THE CAPTAIN'S PARTY.
CHAPTER 14.
THE LOSSES FROM SCURVY. STATE AND PROSPECTS OF THE SQUADRON.
CHAPTER 15.
A PRIZE. SPANISH PREPARATIONS. A NARROW ESCAPE.
CHAPTER 16.
THE COMMODORE'S PLANS. ANOTHER PRIZE. THE TRIAL DESTROYED.
CHAPTER 17.
MORE CAPTURES. ALARM OF THE COAST. PAITA.
CHAPTER 18.
THE ATTACK ON PAITA.
CHAPTER 19.
THE ATTACK ON PAITA (CONTINUED). KIND TREATMENT AND RELEASE OF THE PRISONERS. THEIR GRATITUDE.
CHAPTER 20.
A CLEVER TRICK. WATERING AT QUIBO. CATCHING THE TURTLE.
CHAPTER 21.
DELAY AND DISAPPOINTMENT. CHASING A HEATH FIRE. ACAPULCO. THE MANILA GALLEON. FRESH HOPES.
CHAPTER 22.
THE MANILA TRADE.
CHAPTER 23.
WAITING FOR THE GALLEON. DISAPPOINTMENT. CHEQUETAN.
CHAPTER 24.
THE PRIZES SCUTTLED. NEWS OF THE SQUADRON REACHES ENGLAND. BOUND FOR CHINA.
CHAPTER 25.
DELAYS AND ACCIDENTS. SCURVY AGAIN. A LEAK. THE GLOUCESTER ABANDONED.
CHAPTER 26.
THE LADRONES SIGHTED. TINIAN.
CHAPTER 27.
LANDING THE SICK. CENTURION DRIVEN TO SEA.
CHAPTER 28.
ANSON CHEERS HIS MEN. PLANS FOR ESCAPE. RETURN OF THE CENTURION.
CHAPTER 29.
THE CENTURION AGAIN DRIVEN TO SEA. HER RETURN. DEPARTURE FROM TINIAN.
CHAPTER 30.
CHINESE FISHING FLEETS. ARRIVAL AT MACAO.
CHAPTER 31.
MACAO. INTERVIEW WITH THE GOVERNOR. A VISIT TO CANTON.
CHAPTER 32.
A LETTER TO THE VICEROY. A CHINESE MANDARIN. THE CENTURION IS REFITTED AND PUTS TO SEA.
CHAPTER 33.
WAITING FOR THE MANILA GALLEON.
CHAPTER 34.
THE CAPTURE OF THE GALLEON.
CHAPTER 35.
SECURING THE PRISONERS. MACAO AGAIN. AMOUNT OF THE TREASURE.
CHAPTER 36.
THE CANTON RIVER. NEGOTIATING WITH THE CHINESE. PRISONERS RELEASED.
CHAPTER 37.
CHINESE TRICKERY.
CHAPTER 38.
PREPARATIONS FOR A VISIT TO CANTON.
CHAPTER 39.
STORES AND PROVISIONS. A FIRE IN CANTON. SAILORS AS FIREMEN. THE VICEROY'S GRATITUDE.
CHAPTER 40.
ANSON RECEIVED BY THE VICEROY. CENTURION SETS SAIL. TABLE BAY. SPITHEAD.
MAPS. 1. MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA. 2. MAP OF THE CHINA SEA.
NOTES.
GLOSSARY.
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INTRODUCTION.
It was in the reign of Elizabeth that England first became the enemy of Spain. Rivals as yet Spain had none, whether in Europe or beyond the seas. There was only one great mmilitary monarchy in Europe, only one great colonising power in the New World, and that was Spain. While England was still slowly recovering from the prostration consequent upon the Wars of the Roses, and nearly a century had to run before she established her earliest colony in Newfoundland, the enterprise and disciplined courage of the Spaniards had added an enormous empire across the Atlantic to the already great dominions of the Spanish crown. In 1520 Magellan, whose ship was the first to circumnavigate the globe, pushed his way into the Pacific and reached the Philippines. In 1521 Cortez completed the conquest of Mexico. Pizarro in 1532 added Peru, and shortly afterwards Chile to the Spanish Empire.
From the gold mines of Chile and the silver mines of Peru a wealth of bullion hitherto undreamed of poured into the treasuries of Spain. But no treasuries, however full, could meet the demands of Phillip II. His fanatical ambition had thought to dominate Europe and root out the newly reformed religion which had already established itself in the greater part of the north and west, and nowhere more firmly than among his subjects in the Netherlands and among the English. England for years he had seemed to hold in the hollow of his hand. The Dutch, at the beginning of their great struggle for freedom, appeared even to themselves to be embarking upon a hopeless task. Yet from their desperate struggle England and Holland rose up two mighty nations full of genius for commerce and for war, while Spain had already advanced far along that path of decline which led rapidly to the extinction of her preeminence in Europe and the loss of her