[PDF.80ms] The Loss of the Wager: The Narratives of John Bulkeley and the Hon. John Byron (First Person Singular)

The Loss of the Wager: The Narratives of John Bulkeley and the Hon. John Byron (First Person Singular)

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 | #3771945 in Books |  2004-10-14 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.54 x.81 x6.16l,.78 | File type: PDF | 272 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| pretty gripping|By S. Clark|This book is divided into two halves.

The first part, by a seaman, is alright. The story is told plainly and down-to-earth. Unfortunately, it is badly marred by the seaman being totally paranoid about being convicted of mutiny on his return to England. This greatly affected the things he selected to mention and the emphasis he placed on so| |The story of the Wager, whether told by Bulkeley or Byron, is one which reveals extremes of human behaviour in adversity. --International Journal of Maritime History

These lively accounts are full of astute comment and revealing asides on the contem

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 attack the 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 wi...

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