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David I. Harvie
320 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780750927727
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: The History Press
Publication date: Not specified
Description
In 1740, Commodore George Anson left Portsmouth with seven ships and nearly 2,000 men. He returned four years later with under 600. Only four were killed by the enemy; the rest died not as the result of war, weather or misnavigation, but of scurvy...
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David I. Harvie
320 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780750927727
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: The History Press
Publication date: Not specified
Description
In 1740, Commodore George Anson left Portsmouth with seven ships and nearly 2,000 men. He returned four years later with under 600. Only four were killed by the enemy; the rest died not as the result of war, weather or misnavigation, but of scurvy...