Title The loss of the Wager : the narratives of John Bulkeley and the Hon. John Byron / with an introduction by Alan Gurney

Edition New ed Published Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (xxvi, 240 pages) Series First person singular First person singular. Contents A voyage to the South Seas in the years 1740-1 / John Bulkeley -- Narrative of the Honourable John Byron / John Byron Summary The Loss of the Wager is an eighteenth century melodrama set in a ferociously inhospitable climate on one of the world's most remote and dangerous coastlines. The Loss of the Wager is an eighteenth century melodrama set in a ferociously inhospitable climate on one of the world's most remote and dangerous coastlines. When Commodore Anson set out for the Pacific in 1740, to attackthe Spanish ships on the Chilean coast, he took eight ships with him. The Wager was effectively a transport ship, carrying stores and a force of marines; as the squadron rounded Cape Horn in fearsome weather, she was unable to keep up with the rest of them, and with her gear wrecked by the storm, was driven ashore on the Patagonian coast. The tale of mutiny, hardship and tenacity that ensued was told by two of the survivors, John Bulkeley, leader of those who repudiated the captain's authority, and John Byron, then a midshipman, who remained with the captain. Both eventually reached home by different routes, and their dramatic narratives caught the public imagination. Byronwas the grandfather of the poet, Lord Byron, who much admired the book and based the shipwreck scenes in Don Juan on 'my grand-dad's Narrative'. This voyage was the basis for Patrick O'Brian's historical work The Unknown Shore, written before he embarked on the Jack Aubrey novels Notes Originally published: The Wreck of the Wager. London : Folio Society, 1983 "A voyage to the South-Seas in the years 1740-1, by John Bulkeley and John Cummins, was first published in 1743, and The narrative of the Honourable John Byron in 1768. In this edition Bulkeley's account is reprinted from the first edition and Byron's from an edition published in 1785." Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-240) Notes Print version record Subject Wager (Ship) SUBJECT Wager (Ship) fast Subject Shipwrecks -- Chila -- Chiloé Voyages and travels -- Early works to 1800 HISTORY -- Latin America -- South America. HISTORY -- Modern -- 18th Century. Shipwrecks Voyages and travels SUBJECT Chiloé (Chile) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81035185 Patagonia (Argentina and Chile) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85098624 Subject Chile -- Chiloé South America -- Patagonia Genre/Form Early works Form Electronic book Author Cummins, John (Ship's carpenter) Bulkeley, John. Voyage to the South-Seas, in the years 1740-1 Byron, John, 1723-1786. Narrative of the Honourable John Byron ISBN 9781846152511 1846152518

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