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Byron’s Narrative of the Loss of the Wager [EPUB ebook]

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Byron’s Narrative of the Loss of the Wager is an account of the wreck and mutiny of the HMS Wager. The
Wager was a British ship which wrecked in 1741 off the coast of Chile. A mutiny ensued and only a handful of the original 300 crew made it back to England.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 174 ● ISBN 9781531289713 ● File size 1.0 MB ● Publisher Charles River Editors ● Published 2018 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 6632075 ● Copy protection without

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