 | Richard Walter - Voyages around the world - 1853 - 160 pages
...notwithstanding his present success, had great reason to regret his loss of time at Macao, which prevented him from taking two rich prizes instead of one. The...should be sent on board the Centurion, which ship, by the presence of the commander-in-chief, the greater number of her hands, and her other advantages,... | |
 | George baron Anson - 1853 - 660 pages
...river of Canton, being in the mean time fully employed in securing his prisoners, and in removing tho treasure from on board the galleon into the Centurion....should be sent on board the Centurion, which ship, by the presence of the commander-in-chief, the greater number of her hands, and her other advantages,... | |
 | David Laing Purves - Discoveries in geography - 1874 - 856 pages
...resolved to make the best of his way with hie prize for the Biver of Canton, being in the meantime fully employed in securing his prisoners, and in removing...these operations was too important to be postponed ; fur as the navigation to Canton was through seas but little known, and where, from the season of... | |
 | John Gamgee - 1879 - 224 pages
...galleon, a rich prize, amounting to near $1,500,000, which she captured off Cape Espiritu Santo. " The Commodore, when the action was ended, resolved...in removing the treasure from on board the galleon to the Centurion. The last of these operations was too important to be postponed; for, as the navigation... | |
 | Richard Walter, George Anson Baron Anson - Pacific Ocean - 1928 - 572 pages
...time fully employed in securing his prisoners, and in removing the treasure from on board the galeon into the Centurion. The last of these operations was...from the season of the year, much bad weather might to enter it with a lamp or candle : it is therefore lighted, as occasion requires, by means of the... | |
 | Richard Walter, George Anson Baron Anson - Pacific Ocean - 1928 - 574 pages
...in securing his prisoners, and in removing the treasure from on board the galeon into the Centur1on. The last of these operations was too important to...from the season of the year, much bad weather might to enter it with a lamp or candle : it is therefore lighted, as occasion requires, by means of the... | |
 | Geoffrey Callender - 1943 - 232 pages
...ended, resolved to make the best of his way with his prize for the river of Canton, being the meantime fully employed in securing his prisoners, and in removing...little known, and where, from the season of the year, very tempestuous weather might be expected, it was of great consequence that the treasure should be... | |
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... into the Centurion. The last of these operations was too important to be postponed ; for as the navigation to Canton was through seas but little known, and where, from the season of the year, much bad weather might be expected, it was of great consequence... 