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- Seven years ago, David Grann found himself staring at a faded journal in a digital archive. It belonged to John Byron, grandfather of the poet Lord Byron, and documented his journey as a midshipman on The Wager, a British warship that set sail in 1740 on a secret mission to capture a Spanish galleon.
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At the time of the journey of the Wager, sailors serve in horrific conditions on chronically understaffed ships that are often in disrepair and plagued by epidemics of typhus and scurvy. The Wager began its life as a merchant ship and faced numerous delays and struggles before even setting sail.
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Grann argues that the reason the crew of the Wager escapes...
- The Wager: Questions & Answers
Grann argues that the reason the crew of the Wager escapes prosecution for the vast majority of their potential crimes is to keep the truth of their story from tarnishing Great Britain’s reputation. The British Empire needs to maintain its reputation as a superior force to justify its right to rule over the people it conquers in other parts ...
Jul 31, 2023 · Isolated in conditions inimical to navigation, the Wager managed nonetheless to sail around Cape Horn – but by that point its structural integrity was damaged and worsening.
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder is the fifth nonfiction book by American journalist David Grann. [1] The book focuses on the Wager Mutiny . It was published on April 18, 2023 by Doubleday.
Apr 17, 2023 · The Wager was a royal navy vessel manned with 250 officers and crew and carrying munitions for a squadron of six warships. It set sail from Portsmouth in September 1740. Bad weather and bad decisions chased the ships around Cape Horn, and the Wager wrecked on an island off the coast of Chile in May 1741.
Apr 18, 2023 · Author David Grann tells the story of an 18th-century British warship that wrecked along the coast of Patagonia. The survivors sailed thousands of miles to safety, and later faced charges of...
Jan 10, 2024 · It belonged to John Byron, grandfather of the poet Lord Byron, and documented his journey as a midshipman on The Wager, a British warship that set sail in 1740 on a secret mission to capture a Spanish galleon. The archaic syntax was hard to decipher, and Grann started to get bored.
