John Bulkeley

John Bulkeley was a British seaman, best known for leading survivors of the wreck of HMS Wager to safety.

Publication Bulkeley, with John Cummins, wrote an account of this experiences entitled A voyage to the South-Seas, in the years 1740-1 (1743), which was published with the long subtitle, "A faithful Narrative of the Loss of his Majesty's Ship the WAGER on a desolate Island in the Latitude 47 South, Longitude 81:40 West: With the Proceedings and Conduct of the Officers and Crew, and the Hardships they endured in the said Island for the Space of five Months; their bold attempt for Liberty; in Coasting the Southern Part of the vast region of Patagonia; setting out with upward of Eighty Souls in their boats; the Loss of the Cutter; their Passage through the Straits of Magellan; an Account of the incredible Hardships they frequently underwent for Want of Food of any Kind."

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