The Disastrous Voyage Of Commodore Anson - ft. Zepherus

[@Pumkincat]

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[@Steven_Andreyechen]

Great video! So nostalgic to hear Zepherus again. I could not have asked for a better pairing nor subject matter!

[@Kimdino1]

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

[@johncook2303]

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.

[@olelarsen7688]

Glo(uce)ster or Gloossster, Gl(ou)(ces)ter.

[@somethingofnovalue]

Excellent video, and Zepherus coming back is even better news. Hopefully I will be witnessing both the growth of a new channel and the resurgence of an old one.

[@phillipchadwick8269]

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.

[@Byronic19134]

I would love to sleep with one of them. Is that weird?

[@swhip897]

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

[@laurihietanen7959]

Great video. Keep up the great work!

[@alistairmcdonald2382]

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

[@jlemaire9418]

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

[@Bulos-Mac-617]

Great book. Im at the part where Byron is going back for Captain Cheap and the captain welcomes him back. They devise a plan to get Byron and anothers share of food from mutineers who are now on another island. Book is such a good and easy read.

[@Bulos-Mac-617]

Check out The Hot House or Devil in the White City… The book about the inventer of Diesel engine is good too.. Fuck its such a good time for unreal good nonfictions… but those Both non fiction written almost in story form like Gann books. I have the other Gann book scorcese made movie about but haven’t read it yet. Damn i need to join a book club.

[@jlemaire9418]

Many thanks.

[@channdler]

Incredible video from my favorite small youtuber fucking insanely entertaining and informative Well done man

[@Pumkincat]

Thank you so much. It does actually mean a lot after working on it for 100+ hours.

[@mydogbullwinkle]

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.

[@calamitysi]

What an amazing story and fantastic video to tell it. Thank you so much for all of the hours of effort they you put into it. I salute you, Sir!

[@psolee21]

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

[@harrythedemigod]

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

[@stickemuppunkitsthefunlovi4733]

It was an absolute pleasure to watch . Cheers.

[@alcoholfree6381]

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!

[@3olision]

You have an awesome channel here and some really high quality videos

[@keithball6749]

This was great! Thank you!

[@TomMaletzke]

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!

[@drunkenpanda2600]

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.

[@MuchWhittering]

I see we have another great history channel in the making. Can't wait to see what you have next, and I can't wait until I have time to watch your other stuff.

[@Pumkincat]

Hey, thanks, it means a lot. Let me know what your favorite video ends up being.

[@christophermurpy3803]

Read the book 📖 it’s 1000 times better, what the wager crew did was nothing short of a miracle, and extreme hardship

[@geehappyhips]

Thank you -excellent❤

[@kazeitoide]

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

[@jeffoliver970]

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

[@taylorhall3590]

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.

[@Beholder505]

Read the book about the wager. It’s insane

[@lucyflor1132]

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!

[@lucyflor1132]

P.S. I have a degree in linguistics and literally just learned that Pacific means "peaceful; calm" 😅 I guess that explains "pacifist", too...and peace. D'oh! 🤯 Thanks to your vid I finally put those puzzle pieces together

[@gmarkv10]

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

[@peteranson1327]

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

[@dwighthunter6719]

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

[@DrFuzzyaka-atomic]

George Anson was my 1st cousin 10x removed. Very interesting to learn about him thank you!

[@spencer.perceval]

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.

[@DaveWheeler]

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!

[@idkhistory5850]

Those sailors couldn't catch a break

[@Byronic19134]

I actually feel like everything kept breaking to be honest.

[@TJ-mm8fx]

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

[@Pumkincat]

Thank you! I am just busy finishing up my undergrad. Hopefully this summer I will get back to it.

[@TJ-mm8fx]

@@PumkincatThanks for responding! Congratulations, I hope that goes amazingly. Hopefully looking forward to more amazing content. All the best.

[@ulriksteenandersen4215]

He has returned!

[@glps6167]

"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.

[@gordonfrickers5592]

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.

[@Pumkincat]

I'm glad you enjoyed it even if I had to abbreviate the whole journey by a lot to make it manageable to make into a video. Thank you very much, it means a lot to me.

[@jilkat25]

Where can we see your paintings??

[@dogtoy666]

Great video!!

[@johnengland8619]

Thanks for the content

[@Ginkoman2]

wait zepherus is alive? Pog

[@matthewwatson3593]

Amazing

[@Sammy-qq8hq]

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.

[@steviek6484]

Here from the wager obviously 😁

[@ajw20]

Well, color me impressed!

[@Testerinopelinokinosjwizldid]

Came here from zeph’s twitter les gOoo

[@musashidanmcgrath]

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)

[@juanmorales5133]

english thief

[@Pumkincat]

I say that in the first two minutes? Maybe confusion that I said "only 500 men to conquer"...meaning 500 soldiers.

[@musashidanmcgrath]

@@Pumkincat Sorry, I must have misheard. 👍

[@exothermicforstability7915]

Best!

[@Minty1337]

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

[@Gav_Jam]

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

[@gemahfletcher2509]

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

[@stevelawrie9115]

A brilliant read about the Wager, the Wager, by David Grann

[@SamAronow]

0:58 It was Walpole

[@GallagherGeotecminning]

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

[@christophermurpy3803]

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

[@Byronic19134]

This is how the world still is, nothing has changed, it’s the way it’s been and always will be amongst those in power.

[@LainUwU]

woooooo

[@JaNeija]

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.

[@Byronic19134]

This is actually mentioned he talks about how they were taken out of the hospital of people who were already labeled Invalid to fight.

[@Byronic19134]

I’m surprised more of the young marines didn’t survive to be honest but then again it depends on the age because they would enlist like 12 year olds back then.

[@KILLRAIN42]

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

[@Byronic19134]

You kind of have to get 20 minutes in to answer that question. They accidentally did it because it was never in the plans they were blown off course.

[@coxhoe789]

Read the book it,s great

[@londonanatolia5050]

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

[@thisaintnothang]

GLOSTER! NOT GLOU-CHESTER - IT'S JUST GLOSTER!

[@rezzer7918]

Doesn't talk fast enough

[@michaelmadden5552]

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

[@Byronic19134]

I disagree. Anytime something has that name in America it is pronounced, “Glou-Chester”

[@j.paultaylor7229]

This is very poorly researched and full of inaccuracies.

[@Pumkincat]

Some stuff was summarized as I couldn't discuss everything but everything came from books on the subject.

[@Byronic19134]

This comment is even poorer if you don’t specify something wrong.

[@georgeriddell9356]

This is not factually correct.

[@Pumkincat]

It's all sourced from books on the subject.

[@Byronic19134]

Well this would be a perfect time to correct a supposed incorrect fact. But you haven’t so I can only assume you are a salty Spaniard mad at the silver you lost.

[@bkbj8282]

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

[@Pumkincat]

Pronunciation yes - facts no