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Commodore (later Admiral) Anson's fateful circumnavigation of the globe in 1740 is the background to The Golden Ocean, Patrick O'Brian's first historical sea novel. Peter Palafox, son of a poor Irish parson, signs on as a midshipman, never before having seen a ship. Together with his lifelong friend Sean, Peter sets out to seek his fortune, embarking upon a journey of danger, disappointment, foreign lands, and excitement.
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Golden Ocean volume 2
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Patrick O'brian's first novel about the sea, The Golden Ocean, took inspiration from Commodore Anson's ill-fated voyage around the globe in 1740. With The Unknown Shore O'Brian returns to this rich source to recount the adventures of two young men--midshipman Jack Byron and naive surgeon's mate Tobias Barrow--aboard the Wager, which was parted from Anson's squadron by fierce storms and shipwrecked off the coast of Chile. In Jack and Toby, O'Brian...
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