G. A. Henty 
With Cochrane The Dauntless: In South American Waters [EPUB ebook] 

In the annals of British sailors there is no name that should stand
higher than that of Lord Cochrane. In some respects he resembled
that daring leader and great military genius, the Earl of
Peterborough. Both performed feats that most men would have
regarded as impossible, both possessed extraordinary personal
bravery and exceptional genius for war, and a love for adventure.