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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 ...
Although George Anson never visited the Falkland Islands he was responsible for setting off a chain of events that eventually resulted in Commodore Byron's voyage to the islands in 1764 and the first British settlement there soon after.
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 ( 1697 - 1762 ), 1er baron Anson, est un officier de marine, explorateur et aristocrate britannique des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles. Son voyage autour du monde eut un très grand retentissement en Grande-Bretagne et le journal de bord de son Voyage autour du monde dans les années 1740, 41, 42, 43, et 44 a été publié à ...
11 de jun. de 2018 · Anson, George, 1st Baron Anson (1697–1762). A circumnavigator of the world, Anson shared some attributes with plundering Elizabethan ‘sea-dogs’ but his work also pointed Britain towards a modern commercial imperialism in the Pacific region.
George Anson, primo barone Anson ( 23 aprile 1697 – Bath, 6 giugno 1762 ), è stato un ammiraglio britannico, principalmente noto per l'importante ruolo che ricoprì durante la guerra dei sette anni all'interno della Royal Navy .
George Anson, primer barón Anson, PC RN fue un almirante de la Royal Navy y aristócrata británico del siglo XVIII, conocido por haber realizado una circunnavegación del globo y por su papel de supervisión de la Royal Navy durante la Guerra de los Siete Años.
