To be eaten by cannibals, to be battered by storms, to starve to death before reaching land. These were the fears that danced in the imaginations of these poor men, and as it turned out, the fear they chose to listen to would govern whether they lived or died.
Быть съеденными каннибалами, утонуть в шторм, или умереть от истощения, не доплыв до земли — вот страхи, занимавшие воображение несчастных матросов.