About the Author

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.

Reviews

"[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 stoicism...could hardly fail to entertain."

"Should be bought by anyone interested in maritime history, 18th century history or the foibles of human nature."