Glyn Williams is emeritus professor of history at the University of London. He is the author of many highly acclaimed books, including The Prize of All the Oceans, Atlas of North American Exploration, and The Great South Sea, the last published by Yale University Press.
"[An] extraordinary history--strewn with shipwrecks and dashed
hopes, enlivened by noble failures and ignoble intrigues....The
story is gripping. Such tales of hardship and grizzled
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"Should be bought by anyone interested in maritime history, 18th
century history or the foibles of human nature."
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