The Wager Mutiny

Season 05 : Islands
Episode 01 : The Wager Mutiny : Wager Island
Sailing across the ocean is dangerous today. Nearly 300 years ago, people were doing it with much less reliable information than we have now. They had maps that were flat out wrong and equipment that didn’t really work if the weather was bad. They had to rely on the hope that nature would cooperate with their desire to make it to the other side of the world. Many men had the experience and drive to make the journey successfully. Sometimes though, that prize would remain out of reach.
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I loved this book! The wager!

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How human beings had the courage & the ability to cross oceans with just wind powered ships is beyond me. They were ALL Heroes in their own way.

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A lot of greed.

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Great tale of the high seas! Thanks again Jiles!

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Said will focus on other islands that the British ones, first episode of the season has a British crew. Smooth transition and yes is almost impossible to not get UK, France, Spain, Portugal and the Dutch as staring nations when talking about island disasters, I hope you'll have this season be any island except Indonesia and Caraibeean since they should have a season for them

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Thanks for covering this one. I encourage anyone who sees this to read ‘To the Edge of the World’ by Harry Thompson. Robert Fitzroy and Charles Darwin. Fantastic read.

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Very interesting! Have you done a story on the Batavia, wrecked off the coast of North-Western Australia?

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I served under Captain Cheap on this very voyage. I kept telling him "Buy a sat nav" and the rest as they say, is history.

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That quick speech gargling cerrainly got my attention.

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Well, with a name like 'Wager' , one could say that her chance of survival were zero to none... 😏

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These sea men have it rough

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More men made it home than expected

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2 potential leaders: one who prioritizes the group's needs & focuses on collective survival...the other has subordinates lure supporters with more booze.

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Several men broke into the “spirit room” and got drunk! Hahaha What else can you do when you’re running aground and subsequently dying of typhoid and/or scurvy?!! Sounds like Captain Jack Sparrow was in charge at that point! 😂🤷🏻‍♀️🥳

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22:22 "...for losing the Wager" I don't know why I think that's funny, it's a sad case all around 😢

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Jiles, you made another reference to the Philippines? After that Andrew Cunanan case?

[@AllTheCritters]

Please note: the word “ye” is incorrect. The letter is not a “Y” but is a letter which represented “TH” as in “the” and is pronounced as TH. So it actually says “the service of the crown.”

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8:59 we’re NOT just gonna gloss over all the seamen lost near the gulf of Penus. Happens more often than we know.

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Ha ha!

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TBH, I would have taken my chances with Bulkeley, if I'd been marooned with Captain Cheap. I'd rather go down trying: rather than supporting a sitting on my arse/being a pompous twit, who only survived because some indigenous folks showed up & rescued him tool.

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what happened to the seamen in the gulf of penas?

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U left out all the gruesome details, like cannibalism.....

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That cheap and nasty captain made a bad wager with his ship I rather have a good captain on a bad ship than a bad captain on a good ship

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These men were flat out desperate, or insane. If we are talking the North Sea or the southern Cape, well what a way to go? I cannot imagine the crust you needed to board these ships. Edit: Ah there we are, the infamous "press-ganging."

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The narration sounds like someone from another channel I watch.

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History lesson

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Thanks for the awesome story. I just wanted to say boatswain is pronounced bosun.

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Heh heh, you said seamen 😂

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If they want navy rules to continue after they wreck they better be ready to pay them after the wreck

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The book "The Wager" is awesome!

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This video is basically a word for word plagiarism of the Wikipedia page 😆😆😆👍🏼

[@BeenThereOverItNow]

yeah,,, in this modern world... the caption would have been tossed overboard in the first 10 minutes.... even while looking at this shit now.... Trust that I would have finished this sail... with all aboard

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Man leave the invalids alone. They are literally called Not Valid.

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Yarr, I do enjoy a good seafaring tale. Yarrrr ...

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The letter "thorn", written Y was pronounced "th". It was THE not "Yee".

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