Across a Moonlit Sea
Across a Moonlit Sea
“There was plenty more cargo in the holds of the Spanish galleon, valuable cargo that would have brought a small fortune with the London merchants. But there was simply no room left onboard the Egret. They had already made one hard decision to dump the weightier bars of silver overboard rather than leave it on the San Pedro to benefit the Spanish king. After the gold was loaded, what little storage space that remained was saved for the lighter, more exotic, and therefore more profitable bales of... pepper and cloves.
Jonas Spence had already been on deck when the sunrise spread orange and pink clouds across the horizon. Spit had come to fetch him when the last available cranny had been stuffed and sealed. Crews had been working all through the night on repairs; and with their holds bulging, their next priority was to put as much open sea between the two ships as possible.
With the Marquis de Moncada dead, command of the San Pedro had fallen to the next senior officer, one of the two who had been in on the original discussions of surrender in the captain-general’s great cabin.MoreLess
Jonas Spence had already been on deck when the sunrise spread orange and pink clouds across the horizon. Spit had come to fetch him when the last available cranny had been stuffed and sealed. Crews had been working all through the night on repairs; and with their holds bulging, their next priority was to put as much open sea between the two ships as possible.
With the Marquis de Moncada dead, command of the San Pedro had fallen to the next senior officer, one of the two who had been in on the original discussions of surrender in the captain-general’s great cabin.MoreLess
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