Planning the next leg of Anson’s Voyage 20:20:60
Yesterday we had a long and detailed meeting with our travel advisors, Cazenove & Loyd working through the final details of the next...
Yesterday we had a long and detailed meeting with our travel advisors, Cazenove & Loyd working through the final details of the next...
This is our final evening in Asia. We have had a fascinating and invigorating trip finding out so much more about Commodore Anson’s...
The most important date and place in Commodore Anson’s voyage around the world from 1740-1744 is June 21 1743 at Cape Espiritu Santo. ...
This is the last stop on the first leg of our journey following in the footsteps of Commodore Anson. We are on the island of Pamalican,...
It had to happen, didn’t it? Or at least the locals needed an explanation as to why these three people were here from England. We...
For over 250 years the craft of building and sailing the Proa was lost to the islanders of the Northern Mariana Islands. Through...
It’s fair to say that after 275 years there is precious little on-the-ground evidence of Commodore Anson’s voyage to the places we have...
We had an action packed day today. We were up early for a flight around the island of Saipan followed by a circuit around Tinian. So...
Today we drove and strolled around Guangzhou visiting three sites where on two of the three still stand buildings that Commodore Anson...
Admiral Anson sailed into Macau on November 11 1742 after crossing the Pacific. He stayed here until he received permission to sail up...
This morning we had a very interesting and informative presentation from Michael Charlton on the evolution of South Africa. We started...
A scarce, important and well-preserved 1747 Anson medal struck for the defeat and capture of the French fleet at Cape Finisterre, 1747...
A momento for the big trip. We had (cheap) replicas made of the medal created by Admiral Anson to commemorate the victory over the...