Talk:George Anson's Voyage Around the World

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I learned of Anson's expedition from a single-page summary in Rodger's monumental Command of the Ocean (publisher's info: http://www.penguin.co.uk/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,0_9780713994117,00.html; see http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=3398708 for a review) and was amazed that I had not heard of this voyage before. Wanting to know more, I read Prize of all the Oceans and took notes as I went through. The article is effectively a summary of the book though I was careful not to actually copy anything. I also cross-checked against the abridged version of the official report http://www.gutenberg.org/files/16611/16611-h/16611-h.htm though of course the book drew on other sources as well.

[edit] Model of the Centurion

I contacted the National Maritime Museum asking if they would release one or both of their photos of the Centurion model to the public domain and I received a sympathetic reply but unfortunately they need to retain rights.

So, if anyone is visiting the museum in Greenwich (London), England, please take a photo of the model, upload it and insert the image in the article. I would do it myself but I'm on the wrong side of the Atlantic.

Thanks.

Peter4Truth 13:29, 1 April 2007 (UTC)