Project Gutenberg 2013-11-16 Public domain in the USA. 197 Byron, John 1723 1786 19012963 Byron's Narrative of the Loss of the Wager With 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 Produced by Charlene Taylor, Norbert Müller and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Byron's Narrative of the Loss of the Wager" by John Byron is a historical account written in the early 19th century. This work recounts the harrowing experiences of Byron and his fellow sailors following the wreck of the British ship, the Wager, in the treacherous waters of Patagonia in 1740. Focused on themes of survival, adversity, and human resilience, the narrative portrays the dire conditions faced by the crew as they battled starvation, despair, and the unpredictable forces of nature. At the start of the narrative, Byron sets the stage for the ill-fated expedition led by Commodore Anson, detailing the unfortunate circumstances that led to the Wager being separated from its squadron and ultimately wrecked. As the opening unfolds, readers witness the crew's desperate struggle as they navigate the calamitous aftermath of the wreck, their subsequent encounters with the elements, and the psychological toll of isolation amid a dramatic natural environment. The vivid descriptions of their hardships, from deadly storms to the gruesome necessity of cannibalism, illustrate the extreme challenges they faced while evoking a profound sense of sympathy for the sailors’ plights. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/44193/44193-h/images/titlepage.jpg Reading ease score: 59.6 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Patagonia (Argentina and Chile) Wager (Ship) Chiloé (Chile) F3051 Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Travel & Geography Category: Adventure Category: Travel Writing Category: History - British 290237 2025-06-17T18:46:42.112421 text/html 289567 2013-11-16T06:08:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 143134 2025-06-17T18:46:46.373407 application/epub+zip 145037 2025-06-17T18:46:43.104401 application/epub+zip 145037 2025-06-17T18:46:42.612410 application/epub+zip 221229 2025-06-17T18:46:49.090381 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 198599 2025-06-17T18:46:45.881382 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 198833 2022-09-20T07:24:49.783135 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 264009 2023-09-19T09:16:02.510889 text/plain 16255 2025-06-17T18:46:49.281360 application/rdf+xml 9285 2025-06-17T18:46:42.694436 image/jpeg 1921 2025-06-17T18:46:42.653403 image/jpeg 127289 2025-06-17T18:46:42.145401 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia