The Wager was one of eight ships in a squadron that launched from Portsmouth, England, and headed to South America, its goal to capture a Spanish galleon loaded with treasure — a prize that ...

Fires burned constantly—not only for warmth and cooking but also for the slim possibility that the smoke might be detected by a passing ship. And the Wager’s bell that had washed ashore was ...

But, one of the ships in the squadron lost its way just off the coast of Patagonia. Grann showed us on his own map where the Wager got into trouble, a place aptly named. Jon Wertheim: The Gulf of ...

They were survivors of His Majesty's Ship the Wager, a British vessel that had left England in 1740 on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain. While the Wager had been chasing a ...

In 1740, the 28-gun ship HMS Wager was among eight vessels which set off on a circumnavigation of the globe under the command of Commodore George Anson. But the Wager ended up being wrecked on an ...

the voyage of the Wager seemed to start promisingly enough. Grann presents a fleet of gleaming wood and billowing sails, a manifestation of imperial ambitions. The ships were loaded with ...

The Wager, a British warship ... of the events and sketch out nuanced portraits of key players on the doomed ship. Journal entries made on the voyage gave Grann a window into their thoughts ...

The Wager is the story of an ill-fated 18th Century ship named for Sir Charles Wager, a British officer. The ship is part of a squadron led by Commodore George Anson (who pilots The Centurion).

David Grann discusses his book about an 18th-century British warship that wrecked along the coast of Patagonia. Martin Scorsese is slated to direct the film adaptation. Originally broadcast in 202 ...

But a figure who appeared to be in charge rose with an extraordinary exertion of will and announced that they were castaways from His Majesty’s Ship the Wager, a British man-of-war. When the ...