The Speedwell Voyage

The true story of a 22-gun privateer's epic 1718 journey in the South Sea.

In this first nonfiction retelling since Commander Shelvocke's 1726 published account, a Royal Navy veteran narrates the South Seas adventures of the English privateer Speedwell in procuring Spanish booty.

  • Author: Kenneth Poolman
  • Title: The Speedwell Voyage: A Tale of Piracy and Mutiny in the Eighteenth Century
  • First Published by: Naval Institute Press
  • First Published Format: HC
  • First Published Date: June 1999
  • ISBN-10: 1557506930
  • ISBN-13: 9781557506931

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