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050		4	_aF3146 _b.B97 1768
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100	1		_aByron, John, _d1723-1786, _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe Narrative of the Honourable John Byron, Commodore in a Late Expedition round the World : _bContaining an Account of the Great Distresses Suffered by Himself and his Companions on the Coast of Patagonia, from the Year 1740, till their Arrival in England, 1746 / _cJohn Byron.
264		1	_aPlace of publication not identified : _bpublisher not identified, _c1768.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press
300			_a1 online resource (xx, 257 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aCambridge library collection. Maritime exploration
520			_aJohn 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.
610	2	0	_aWager (Ship)
650		0	_aVoyages around the world.
651		0	_aPatagonia (Argentina and Chile) _xDescription and travel.
651		0	_aChile _xSocial life and customs _y18th century.
651		0	_aChiloé (Chile) _xDescription and travel.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781108065368
830		0	_aCambridge library collection. _pMaritime exploration.
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107323889
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