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The Prize of All the Oceans

The Prize of All the Oceans The Dramatic True Story of Commodore Anson's Voyage Round the World and How He Seized the Spanish Treasure Galleon

1st American Edition

Hardback (30 Nov 2000)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Recounts the adventures of British commodore George Anson and his four-year mission to seize Peruvian silver aboard the Spanish galleon en route from Acapulco to Manila, and describes how only the flagship Centurion survived.

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Viking

Viking publishes the widest possible range of literary fiction and non-fiction. Our fiction list includes John le Carr?, Nick Hornby, Will Self, Colm T?ib?n, Nicole Krauss, William Trevor, Catherine O' Flynn, Jonathan Coe, and Joshua Ferris. In non-fiction, the range covers current affairs, history, biography, memoir, narrative non-fiction, music and sport. Our authors include Antony Beevor, Andrew Rawnsley, Mark Bostridge, Sarah Bradford, Saul David, Catherine Bailey, Lynn Barber, Claire Tomalin and John Stubbs.

Book information

ISBN: 9780670891979
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint: Viking
Pub date:
Edition: 1st American Edition
DEWEY: 910.41
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 264
Weight: 499g
Height: 243mm
Width: 164mm
Spine width: 24mm

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