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Desperate Escape at Sea Ends in Shipwreck Near Land
An account of a severely damaged vessel driven off course toward a hostile shore. The crew, led by the Captain, struggle to manage a wrecked hull, sparse provisions, and mounting discipline issues as land appears, followed by a brutal night ashore and a forced retreat to safer ground with Indians offering aid and hindrances from mutinous sailors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reett Courfes
Leeward
Nostra Signora di Socora
Latiende
Lez
Juan-Ferdinandez
Bulkeley
Cumming
Providence
Yawl
Gare
Elf
Hamilton
Armes
Mar
Spor
Wreck
Thor
Teveral Mendeadee
Nord
N. N. West
James
Mitchel
Carpentier
John
Ruffel
William Orang
Joseph King
John Redwood
Dennis
O'Lary
Tobit Davis
James Roach
James. Stewart
Wiliam
Thompson
Wid Ley
Henry Cozens
Ovens
Apa
Drock Griffelham