From Middy to Admiral of the Fleet

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Excerpt from From Middy to Admiral of the Fleet: The Story of Commodore Anson, Re-Told to Boys Anson's 'Voyage Round the World' was once a book second in popularity only to Robinson Crusoe.' When the gallant Commodore, in the year 1744, brought home to England his ship the 'Centurion, ' laden with silver captured from the Spanish Manilla galleon, in a fight which will be ever memorable in naval history, he was the hero of the day, and of many a day after. His name was in every mouth, and his portrait in every window. And it was like one of the 'triumphs' in ancient Rome when the treasure was brought from Portsmouth, and when thirty waggons laden with Spanish dollars and bars of Mexican silver were drawn through London streets to the Tower, the ship's company heading the procession, with flags flying and bands playing, escorted by troops, and vast crowds lining the way. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.