The Greatest Treasure

The epic story of the circumnavigation by HMS Centurion, 1740-44, told largely in the words of the Guernseyman Lieutenant Philip Saumarez

Edited by Sally Rousham : 1994 : 46 pages

Illustrated with engravings after drawings by Lieutenant Piercy Brett, from the 1748 edition of Anson's Voyage Round the World in the years 1740-4.

ISBN 1 871560 86 1

The voyage around the world of H.M.S. Centurion in 1740-44 was an epic of human endurance and suffering culminating in the capture of the Spanish treasure ship, the Cabodonga.

The story is told here largely in the words of the Guernseyman Lieutenant Philip Saumarez

Caption (rear cover)

Contents:

The De Sausmarez Family
The Royal Navy
Life at Sea
Navigation
Departure: Crossing the Atlantic
Cape Horn: Saumarez's First Command
Juan Fernandez
The Booty of War
The Great Southern Ocean
Capture of the Cabodonga
The Greatest Treasure
Further Reading