Name: The Narrative of the Honourable John Byron, Commodore in a Late Expedition Round the World: Containing an Account of the Great Distresses Suffered by. Library Collection - Maritime Exploration) (en Inglés)
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Author: John Byron
ISBN: 9781108065368

portada The Narrative of the Honourable John Byron, Commodore in a Late Expedition Round the World: Containing an Account of the Great Distresses Suffered by. Library Collection - Maritime Exploration) (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

Cambridge University Press

Autor

John Byron

Año

2013

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

278

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

ISBN13

9781108065368

Categorías

Historia militar

The Narrative of the Honourable John Byron, Commodore in a Late Expedition Round the World: Containing an Account of the Great Distresses Suffered by. Library Collection - Maritime Exploration) (en Inglés)

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John Byron (1723–86) died a vice-admiral, having earned the nickname 'Foulweather Jack' after much experience on rough seas. In 1741 he was a midshipman aboard HMS Wager in a squadron sent to attack Spanish ships off Chile. Shipwrecked in a storm after rounding Cape Horn, the majority of the survivors turned on their captain and attempted to make their own way home. Byron was among the group who stayed with the commanding officer. In 1768, now a commodore, he published this account of the five harrowing years it took to get back to England, by which time he was one of only four survivors. Although no doubt written to give his side of the story, it appealed to a public eager for tales of dramatic endurance against the odds. Aboard the Beagle on Darwin's voyage, the book also informed the shipwreck in Don Juan by the author's grandson.. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.