The Speedwell Voyage: A Tale of Piracy and Mutiny in the Eighteenth Century [Rime of the Ancient Mariner]
Annapolis, Maryland:. Naval Inst Press, 1999. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. The story is based on the real-life adventures of George Shelvocke, commander of the 22-gun privateer Speedwell that set sail in 1718 to steal treasure from Spanish ships in the South Seas. Filled with pirates, mutinies, sea battles, violent storms.....