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21 de oct. de 2021 · Without George Anson, there would have been no Nelson and no Trafalgar. After his fateful wounding, the Royal Marines were there to carry Nelson below deck. This too was Anson’s legacy: it was he who, in 1755, raised the modern Corps under the Royal Navy’s command and control. While they trace their lineage to 1664, the reality is that the ...
Book I, Chap. I [1] El viaje. El relato del viaje que el Almirante británico George Anson realizó durante los años 1740-1744, en el que dio la vuelta al mundo viviendo un sinfín de peripecias, se convirtió, pasados los años, en uno de los más claros exponentes del éxito del género de la literatura de viajes durante el siglo XVIII.
This is the first edition of the popular work recounting the circumnavigation of George Anson (1697-1762) between 1740 and 1744. Occurring during the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-8), Ansons voyage set off with the intention to harass Spanish shipping in the Pacific Ocean and notably captured a trade ship en route to Manila. Despite suffering setbacks from scurvy and losses of ships ...
George Anson. George Anson, pierwszy Baron Anson (ur. 23 kwietnia 1697, zm. 1762) – angielski admirał, baron . W latach 1740–1744 dowodził eskadrą czterech galeonów, korwety i trzech pinas. Grupa ta miała atakować hiszpańskie okręty w pobliżu wybrzeża Ameryki Południowej oraz zdobyć Przesmyk Panamski.
General Sir George Anson, GCB, KTS (1769 – 4 November 1849), was a British officer and politician from the Anson family. He commanded a British cavalry brigade under the Duke of Wellington during the Peninsular War and sat for many years as a Whig Member of Parliament. Anson was the second son of George Anson (previously Adams) and his wife The Hon. Mary Vernon, daughter of the first Lord ...
Portrait of George Anson by Joshua Reynolds, 1755. Anson was elected Member of Parliament for Hedon in Yorkshire in 1744. He joined the Board of Admiralty led by the Duke of Bedford in December 1744. Promoted to Rear-Admiral of the White on 23 April 1745 and to vice-admiral of the blue in July 1745, he took command of the Western Squadron, with ...
21 de nov. de 2023 · George Anson, 1st Baron Anson. after Sir Joshua Reynolds oil on canvas, 1755-1810, based on a work of 1755 50 in. x 40 in. (1270 mm x 1016 mm) Transferred from The British Museum, London, 1879
