Wager Mutiny
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The Wager Mutiny is a historical event that took place in 1741, after the British warship HMS Wager was wrecked on a desolate island off the south coast of present-day Chile.
The Wreck of the Wager, the frontispiece from John Byron's account
North coast of Staten Island (Isla de los Estados)
Cape Horn, near the southern tip of South America
Title page of Byron's Book
Wager Island
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Wager Island is an uninhabited island in Guayaneco Archipelago, a remote part of western Patagonia. Located 1,600 kilometres south of Santiago, the island is part of Capitán Prat Province of the Aysén
Wager Mutiny
…in the Pacific. She lost contact with the squadron while rounding Cape Horn, ran aground during a storm, and wrecked on what would become known as Wager Island. The main body of the crew mutinied against their captain, David Cheap, abandoned him and a group of loyal crew members on the island, and set off in…
Detail of the "Centennial Atlas", published by the Land Survey Office of the Government of Chile in 1910
Territorio de Magallanes 1895 1
Península Larenas