The Disastrous Voyage Of Commodore Anson - ft. Zepherus

I just finished reading The Wager and have become enthralled with this Voyage. Thanks for this great video I loved it

Part of the figurehead of the Centurion has survived and is on display at Shugborough hall Staffordshire.

Thanks for the content

This was great! Thank you!

A wonderful documentary thankyou. I take enormous pride in knowing Lord Anson's descendents, and consider them amongst my dearest friends. They remain a sailing family, they are risk takers, entrepreneurs, generous and seem to embody some of the greatest of human virtues. They are a modest lot and although I had heard this story before, I was shocked to discover how much and for how long Anson and his men had had to endure.

And the story of the Wagers crew post-shipwreck is another epic adventure just by itself.

you worked on this for months and got basic facts and pronunciations wrong

What is also not mentioned is how the crews that were pressed into service were not even fighting craft quality. These expeditions that the navy sent out on maybe one way missions only got the dregs. Many had no skill afloat at all and were diseased (in particular typhoid) and many more were just taken from prisons.
This was not exactly the "A team" eh.

Gloucester..................Pronounced, Gloss_Ter

This is first class rendition of the story & what a story it is 👍

Just came here after reading The Wager by david grann :P

I'm two minutes in and I'm sorry. How the hell does one accidentally circumnavigate the world in the age of sail?

Great collaboration. The Wager had a rough go of it too! The David Gran book on the subject is a worthwhile read.

Amazing story, well told! I enjoyed the heck out of it; I found it because I’m reading the book Scurvy by Stephen R Bown. He had a chapter on Commodore George Anson’s 4 year circumnavigation starting in 1741. Amazing how they pulled that voyage off. You told the tale in a very engaging way. Thanks for all your work!

This is very poorly researched and full of inaccuracies.

Just found your channel. Good stuff. I like the levity 😊

Great video! Appreciate the work you put in, I’m so glad I found this

Here from the wager obviously 😁

Thank you -excellent❤

You gained a new subscriber and fan with this video! Superb editing, story, and research all around. Great job. I especially enjoyed the sassy comments in the script, very funny! Love these kinds of historical stories - they're so rare to find. Keep it up!

They did not cross South America on foot. The Chono people (native seafarers) led them to cross an 8-mile portage route - a land shortcut that allowed them to avoid the dangerous seas around a cape. They dissembled the canoes at the start of this trek, hauled the parts overland, and reassembled the canoes at the other end and sailed to Chiloé Island.

Amazing video yall, I really feel like this deserves more views.

"Outbreak of scurvy" (minute 12.12). Scurvy is not an infectious disease; it is merely the lack of vitamins in the diet over an extensive period of time.

Calamity after calamity, and never gave up, 👊🥁🌍

I seldom watch any videos of this length, and if I do I make sure the speed is 2x but for this one I watched it at 1.25x and didn't get bored for a second. Thank you for this amazing and thorough video. It was educational and entertaining. This voyage deserves more attention, on par with Magellan or Francis Drake voyages.

Great video! I'll watch just about anything about life in the age of sail. Also, the Centurion was a cool ship, and I think fourth rate ships of the line need more love.

This was a wonderful video. And it's hard not to wish there was more knowing everything The Wager went through and the court battle that ensued. Hoping for a part 2 one day.

There were 2,000 men in the fleet, not 500. 500 men is only enough crew to operate a single man o war. When Anson finally captured the Spanish treasure galleon, his crew was down to 250 and he had to rotate teams of 2 men to operate the cannons, that usually took a team of 6. The invalids/pensioners were press-ganged for the war. Before this, press-ganging didn't exist in the British navy, but they were so desperate for men as newly commissioned ships for the war hadn't got enough crew members. But still, the vast majority of these 2,000 men were experienced seamen(excluding the marines)

Doesn't talk fast enough

Thanks for your efforts and wonderful pronunciation of Gloucester. what a crazy expedition, so bitter sweet. what must an ordinary seaman who survived this journey have made of his treasure , a lifetime of yarns and fame for having been with Anson on his bonkers journey round the world. I wish i could sit down with one and have a chat with a few pints. what a tale they'd have to tell.

Great work! I recently read The Price of all the Oceans, and this video is a nice summary of the whole expedition. I wonder why no Hollywood studio made a film about this story yet.

despite the extreme amount of death, it ended surprisingly well.

He got a pub and street named after him in Orange NSW (Australia). Next time I have a beer there I'll know the story behind the name so thanks for the doco!

Thank you for this post, Anson's voyage has long fascinated me and was the subject of one of my first serious naval research efforts so it's a real pleasure to hear your work.
An interesting version of this famous voyage although a very abbreviated version of the voyage with numerous adventures and facts missing, it's still well worth hearing.
You have encouraged me to go and look again at the copious notes, photographs and documents I collected some 30 years astern, about the Centurion's remarkable voyage which became the subject of several of my paintings.
I'd not heard of 'The Prize of All Oceans' by Glyn Williams so thank you for that too.
I'll try and get a copy of that for my reference collection which includes the log of the Centurion.

First though, I'll work towards finishing my research and creating some new paintings that will surprise more than a few people, on a subject well known to George Anson, of one of the two best known English sea heroes, the first truly great English navigator, Francis Drake.

Great video!!

You could make a program about the trials the wager crew went through, the prize of all the oceans is my absolute favourite book, the Royal Navy and British empire at its best, unfortunately things were different back then and it was more than except-able to steal a ships cargo, after all the Spanish stole it from South America. I do not condone this! This is how the world was. My apologies ex British colonies 🇦🇺🇨🇦🇳🇿🇵🇰🇳🇪🇺🇸🇿🇦🇨🇳🙏 and many more

Cool to see this covered, not often seen on online media. My family have some of the original coins from the Spanish ships

You have great content. Hope you come back and make some more amazing videos!

why hadn't there been a HBO series about this !!!!

Hi, thanks for the great content .
Is Zepherus ok ?
Do you know why he is not uploading anymore ?

Amazing

Best!

Thank you for your Video! I'm running an RPG Story and my players are 1805 onboard the HMS Anson. I think there a now a lot of stories to tell from the officers!

Diseases in the 18th century were a lot like airplane crashes today, the more deaths, the more likely someone makes a scientific breakthrough to save more lives in the end.

Tremendous work on researching and editing such an excellent video , congratulations .

Great video. Keep up the great work!

Kept me fascinated the entire time. Thank you for your work.

wait zepherus is alive? Pog