What is to follow is the prelude to the Aubrey/Maturin series, and its a story told with a lot of verve and human feeling, and where the historical details concerning this period of naval history has been superbly interwoven in this most remarkable seafaring tale.

Mr Richard Walter: He was in seminary with Peter's father. He secured the appointment for Peter and is Chaplain aboard ship. He is modelled on the real person, Chaplain to Commodore Anson. Liam: Uncle to Sean and tenant to Peter's father ("farms my father's glebe" [6]), who rides with them to Cork, and takes the horses home. The Golden Ocean isn't as fully realized in character development and plotline as his future writing would be. However, there is still plenty here for fans of historical fiction (or, in this case, fictionalized history!) to enjoy. Anson's circumnavigation of the world actually occurred. This use of actual events to wrap a story around is another one of Mr. O'Brian's usual devices for establishing the settings for his tales. Mr Walter the chaplain wrote his own account of the voyage of Anson, noted by Clark (above) as one of O'Brian's historical sources for this novel and the interactions among the officers and crew. [8] [9] An original copy was at auction in 2009. [10]The story is based on a real event, George Anson's voyage around the world that began in 1740. Places named in Ireland, England, Madeira, the Pacific coast of South America, Manila, Macau and Canton in China are real, including St. Catherine's Island off Brazil at 24 degrees South latitude, shown on this map. [7]

Just because it's fun to. Shush. But yeah, it's not real. It's just my overactive imagination saying that something had to have kept Anson so happy during all those storms. I know that onepersonilike/anotherpersonilike is not a valid strategy for OTP hunting. The Sargasso Sea supports a range of endemic species and plays a critical role in supporting the life cycle of a number of threatened and endangered species such as the Porbeagle shark, the American and the European eel, as well as billfish, tuna and several species of turtle, migratory birds and cetaceans.TheSargassummats are home to many endemic species and provide a protective ‘nursery’ for juvenile fish and turtles.Centurion, Gloucester, Wager, Tryal and the pink Anna think they are west enough to turn north. Hopelessness pervades. Commodore Anson appears to be made of "iron and oak", a little more affable the worse the weather gets. Sean is captain of the foretop, as he performs well, being sure-footed and brave with frozen sails and ropes. Centurion reaches Juan Fernandez, staying there a few months to fix ships and heal the men with good food there. Peter spends a second birthday as a midshipman, having learned the tone of authority and grown out of his best clothes. Peter computes the losses of crew on Centurion, Gloucester and Tryal since leaving England: 961 sailed out, 626 dead after reaching Juan Fernandez. Tryal takes a prize, a Spanish merchant ship, which vessel replaces the damaged Tryal. Spanish passengers are well-treated, a wise move. Wager never makes this rendezvous. Reduced squadron sails north, reaching Paita. Centurion and Tryal crews take the town, made easier by the fear of the locals, who flee on seeing them. An Irishman living there tells Peter where the huge merchant treasure is. They take the ship with the merchant treasure, truly great wealth. All the crew become experts on the rules of sharing prizes, happy with the share they will see. They keep sailing north, aiming for the Acapulco Galleon, which sails between Manila and Acapulco with treasure. Missing the galleon, the Commodore sails west to Manila. Storm damaged Gloucester is burned at sea, and her crew taken aboard Centurion, the only ship of the squadron now. The only pairing I might possibly be induced to consider so far, I think, which is of course horrible of me, because I don't even know how to term that. Is that RPS? Is it FPS? What is it? Anyway they're very protective of each other, they've got a sort of short hand around each other, Keppel is marginally nicer and more affable to Ransome and Ransome positively dotes on Keppel, especially after the scurvy, so I think I can see this best of all, but in this book that's not really saying much. Alongside travelling with Peter is his lifelong friend, Sean, and they will embark on a journey to find danger, excitement, foreign lands and riches.