The Narrative of the Honourable John Byron, Commodore in a Late Expedition round the World : Containing 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 /
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 t...
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1768.
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press |
| Series: | Cambridge library collection. Maritime exploration.
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107323889 |
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