Commodore Anson and the Acapulco Galleon
Glyndwr Williams describes how, in 1743, Commodore Anson captured a galleon in the Pacific Ocean, containing more than one million pieces of eight.
Glyndwr Williams
The English and Aborigines: The First Contacts
The first, uneasy, relationships between Europeans and Aborigines soon began to turn into outright hostilities, despite the well-meaning efforts of several Europeans.