The Bombardment of Algiers, 27 August 1816 Frame:Natural Pepys' fame derives both from

Pepys' fame derives both from the private diary he kept from 1660 to 1669

you’ll find it outside the Royal Observatory in Greenwich Park

This shot consists of two exposures blended

especially when the Sun was lower – it started to get a darker orange and the pink shades became stronger

the East India Company engaged him to make a clandestine trip into the interior of China - territory forbidden to foreigners - to steal the closely guarded secrets of tea

The Bombardment of Algiers, 27 August 1816 Frame:Natural Pepys' fame derives both fromIn 1816 a squadron under Admiral Sir Edward Pellew was fitted out and sent to Algiers where they arrived, in company with a small Dutch squadron, on 27 August 1816. They sought the release of the British Consul, who had been detained, and over 1000 Christian slaves, many being seamen taken by the Algerines. When they received no reply the fleet bombarded Algiers in the most spectacular of several similar punitive actions of this period that finally