Names Carved in Patagonian Ruins

Sinopsis del libro

On the night of 14 May 1741, HMS Wager — a converted merchant vessel pressed into service as a Royal Navy warship — struck rocks off the desolate coast of Patagonia during a violent storm. Of the roughly 250 men aboard, only 145 reached the barren, unnamed island that would bear the ship's name. What happened next was…