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The Loss of the Wager: The Narratives of John Bulkeley and the Hon. John Byron (First Person Singular) (First Person Singular)
The Loss of the Wager The Narratives of John Bulkeley and the Hon John Byron - First Person Singular
Author: John Bulkeley, John Byron
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 ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781843830962
ISBN-10: 1843830965
Publication Date: 10/2004
Pages: 266
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Publisher: Boydell Press
Book Type: Paperback
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