1760 - Vue de la Cote du N.E. de L'Isle de Ste. Catherine sur la Cote du Bresil. Vue de l'Entree, Septentrionale du Port de Ste. Catherine. - Antique Print

Item number: OTH102 Genuine Antique Engraved Illustration c. 1760 Maker: George Anson.   Two black and white antique illustrations of the port of St. Catherine, off the coast of Brazil, with 7 three-masted ships. While Great Britain was fighting the War of Jenkins' Ear with Spain in 1740, Commodore George Anson led a squadron of eight ships on a mission to disrupt or capture the Pacific Ocean possessions of the Spanish Empire. Returning to Britain in 1744 by way of China and thus completing a circumnavigation of the globe, the voyage was notable for the capture of the Manila Galleon but also for horrific losses from disease with only 188 men of the original 1,854 surviving. An account of the voyage was published in 1748 which being widely read by the general public was a great commercial success and "is still esteemed as the story of a remarkable voyage extremely well told". George Anson, (1697-1762) was a British admiral and eminent theoretician of naval arts. Shortly before his deat