LEADER 00000nam a22005175i 4500 001 MWT11472347 003 MWT 005 20220708112324.1 006 m o d 007 cr cn||||||||| 008 151031s2015 xxu es 000 0 eng d 020 9781910065518|q(electronic bk.) 020 191006551X|q(electronic bk.) 028 42 MWT11472347 037 11472347|bMidwest Tape, LLC|nhttp://www.midwesttapes.com 040 Midwest|erda|beng 082 04 910.9|223 099 eBook hoopla 100 1 Layman, C. H.,|eauthor. 245 14 The Wager disaster :|bmayem, mutiny and murder in the South Seas /|cRear Admiral C.H. Layman, CB, DSO, LVO. 264 1 [United States] :|bAndrews UK,|c2015. 264 2 |bMade available through hoopla 300 1 online resource 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 347 text file|2rda 506 Digital content provided by hoopla. 520 This is the astounding story of HMS Wager, driven ashore in foul weather onto the inhospitable coast of Patagonian Chile in 1741. Shipwreck was followed by murder, starvation, mutiny, and the fearful ordeal of 36 survivors out of about 140 men. Some were enslaved, some defected; many drowned. The captain shot one of his officers. There was an epic open-boat voyage of 2500 nautical miles through the world's most hostile seas, probably the greatest castaway voyage in the annals of the sea, and the least known. Midshipman Byron, the grandfather of the poet, was prominent among the survivors. The story is placed in its historical context, using eye-witness accounts where possible, with some previously unpublished material. It finishes with the finding of the wreck by a British expedition in 2006. Foreword written by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh. 538 Mode of access: World Wide Web. 610 20 Wager (Ship) 650 0 Shipwrecks|zChile|zChiloé. 650 0 Shipwrecks|zSouth Pacific Ocean. 650 0 Shipwreck survival|zPatagonia (Argentina and Chile) 650 0 Electronic books. 651 0 Patagonia (Argentina and Chile) 651 0 Chiloé (Chile) 710 2 hoopla digital. 914 MWT11472347
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