Life Aboard a British Privateer in the Time of Queen Anne - Woodes Rogers Taschenbuch

This book gives an account of the historical voyage by Captain Woodes Rogers Master Mariner. During three years of the voyage he raided and plundered the rich Spanish territories in the New World captured a small fleet of enemy ships rescued the real-life Robinson Crusoe and circumnavigated the globe. At the same time he was able to balance the risk and wellbeing of his crew showing a rare case of humanity in the severe conditions of sea voyages of those times.