Item #003786 The Speedwell Voyage: A Tale of Piracy and Mutiny in the Eighteenth Century [Rime of the Ancient Mariner]. Kenneth Poolman.
The Speedwell Voyage: A Tale of Piracy and Mutiny in the Eighteenth Century [Rime of the Ancient Mariner]

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.

No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality, First Edition; First Printing; Dust jacket in protective Mylar sleeve. Photos show reflections from clear Mylar protective Dust-jacket cover.

Fine / Fine. Item #003786
ISBN: 1557506930

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, and shipwrecks on exotic islands, the fast-moving narrative offers authentic details of the period and honest characterizations of real individuals.

Not since Shelvocke's own book was published in 1726 has the full story been told, although Samuel Coleridge based his Rime of the Ancient Mariner on events reported by Speedwell's captain

Price: $12.00