Glyn Williams.

Glyn Williams. The Prize of All the Oceans: The Dramatic authentic Story of Commodore Anson's Voyage globular the World and How He Seized the Spanish Treasure Galleon. modern York: Viking. 1999.Pp. Xix, 264 $2795 ISBN 0-670-89197-5

This is a grand story, abounding of disaster, suffering, courage, wealth, and glory. onward September 18, 1740, not lengthy after England had declared war against Spain, Commodore George Anson locate sail from London in succession a secret mission to capture the enemy's treasure inlet as it sailed from Acapulco to Manila. His 1900 sailors and marines and eight tubes (six naval, ...

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