Wager Island (Spanish: Isla Wager) is an uninhabited island in Guayaneco Archipelago, a remote part of western Patagonia. Located 1,600 kilometres (990 miles) south of Santiago, the island is part of Capitán Prat Province of the Aysén Region, Chile.

The Wager Mutiny took place in 1741, after the British warship HMS Wager was wrecked on a desolate island off the south coast of present-day Chile. Wager was part of a naval squadron bound to attack Spanish interests in the Pacific.

2023年4月16日 · Marooned on Wager Island, the castaways split into factions, including a group intent on overthrowing their captain: an act punishable by death. It was a classic mutiny.

2024年3月9日 · In 1741, the British warship HMS Wager wrecked upon an island off the coast of Chile, leading the crew to descend into mutiny, murder, and even cannibalism. What began as a difficult voyage soon became a hellish one.

2024年11月3日 · Wager Island (Spanish: Isla Wager) is an uninhabited island in Guayaneco Archipelago, a remote part of western Patagonia. Located 1,600 kilometres (990 miles) south of Santiago, the island is part of Capitán Prat Province of the Aysén Region, Chile.

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder is the fifth nonfiction book by American journalist David Grann. [1] The book focuses on the Wager Mutiny . It was published on April 18, 2023 by Doubleday.

2023年4月18日 · In the mid-18th century, a squadron of British warships made the journey through the passage in the worst weather imaginable, suffering terrible damage to their ships. One man-of-war called the...

2023年4月19日 · And they named their new home after their old one: Wager Island. After only a few weeks, most of their beach had been picked clean of shellfish, and the wreck was offering fewer and fewer...

2010年1月26日 · They were survivors of His Majesty's Ship the Wager, a British vessel that had left England in 1740 on a secret mission; While the Wager had been chasing a Spanish treasure-filled galleon, it had wrecked on a desolate island off the coast of Patagonia.