Anson's Voyage Round the WorldM. Hopkinson Limited, 1928 - 402 Seiten |
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Acapulco afterwards amongst anchor Anna Pink Anson appeared apprehensions arrival attended barge board the Centurion boat Bocca Tigris Brazil Brett Callao Canton Cape Horn Captain Catherine's Charles Wager Chequetan Chinese coast command Commodore Commodore's compleated considerable continued crew cruise Cutter deck discovered doubtless eastward employed endeavour enemy expected expedition extremely fathom fire fleet galeon Gloucester Governor Guam guns harbour hundred immediately Indians inhabitants Island Juan Fernandes Ladrones land latitude leagues distant Lieutenant Lord Anson Macao Mandarine Manila galleon masts mentioned miles morning navigation night northward obliged observed occasion officers Paita passage Patagonia Peru Pizarro port present prisoners prize proa procure provisions quantity reason refreshments rigging sail scurvy sent shore sight Sloop soon South-Seas southward Spaniards Spanish squadron Streights Le Maire supposed Tinian top-mast Tryal Sloop vessel Viceroy voyage Wager weather westward whole wind
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Seite 7 - ... employ, to which neither the strength of their bodies nor the vigour of their minds were any ways proportioned, and where, without seeing the face of an enemy, or in the least promoting the success of the enterprise they were engaged in, they would in all probability uselessly perish by lingering and painful diseases; and this too after they had spent the activity and strength of their youth in their country's service.
Seite 118 - And about one o'clock she approached so near, that we could distinguish her to be the Gloucester. As we had no doubt of her being in great distress, the Commodore immediately ordered his boat to her assistance, laden with fresh water, fish, and vegetables, which was a very seasonable relief to them; for our apprehensions of their calamities appeared to be but too well grounded, as perhaps there never was a crew in a more distressed situation. They had already thrown overboard two-thirds of their...
Seite 361 - ... will be a most exorbitant sum, and is the strongest conviction of the utility of this expedition, which, with all its numerous disadvantages, did yet prove so extremely prejudicial to the enemy.
Seite 348 - ... had been principally invented to palliate the cowardice of those who had formerly engaged them ; but he hoped there were none of those present, weak enough to give credit to so absurd a story: for his own part, he did assure them upon his word, that, whenever he met with them, he would fight them so near, that they should find, his bullets, instead of being stopped by one of their sides, should go through them both.
Seite 97 - And now having cruized in vain for more than a fortnight in quest of the other ships of the squadron, it was resolved to take the advantage of the present favourable season and the offing we had made from this terrible coast, and to make the best of our way for the Island of Juan Fernandes.
Seite 308 - Gloucester's man, and got before him to the commodore, who, on hearing this happy and unexpected news, threw down his axe with which he was then at work, and by his joy broke through, for the first time, the equable and unvaried character which he had hitherto preserved...
Seite 356 - Spanish officers were seen running about with great assiduity, to prevent the desertion of their men from their quarters: But all their endeavours were in vain; for after having, as a last effort, fired five or six guns with more judgment than usual, they gave up the contest; and, the...
Seite 68 - It seeming to be entirely composed of inaccessible rocks, without the least mixture of earth or mold between them. These rocks terminate in a vast number of ragged points, which spire up to a prodigious height, and are all of them covered with everlasting snow ; the points themselves are on every side surrounded with frightful precipices, and often overhang in a most astonishing manner ; and the hills which bear them, are generally separated from each other by narrow clefts, which appear as if the...
Seite 104 - ... filthiness in which they lay ; for the number of the diseased was so great, and so few could be spared from the necessary duty of the sails, to look after them, that it was impossible to avoid a great relaxation in the article of cleanliness, which had rendered the ship extremely loathsome between decks.
Seite 120 - But, the 3d day after, we were relieved from this anxiety, by the joyful sight of the long-boat's sails upon the water ; and we sent the Cutter immediately to her assistance, who towed her along side in a few hours.