The Bounty mutiny is known by practically everyone, but not many people have heard of the Wager mutiny, a Royal Naval vessel wrecked off Chilean Patagonia in 1741 when Britain was at war with Spain.
It's an incredible story and apparently Martin Scorsese is planning to make a film of it.
Wager Mutiny: A Forgotten Story Of Murder And Brutality | HistoryExtra
Further reading
The Wager review: David Grann’s magnificent shipwreck epic
New masterpiece from the author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Lost City of Z is as much about literature as adventure
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