page_title: John Deane (sailor)
hierarchical_section_title: John Deane (sailor)
caption_attribution_description: English: Fleuron from book: A sad and deplorable, but true account of the dreadful hardships, and sufferings of Capt. John Dean, and his company, on board the Nottingham Galley, who were castaway on the rocks call&#39;d Boon Island, near New England: Shewing how they liv&#39;d near a Month upon the Rock, in between Frost and Snow, some losing their Feet, Toes, Nails, with the use of their Limbs, and some their Lives. Also, how having no Food, they were fain to Feed upon the Dead Bodies, which being all Consum&#39;d, they were going to cast Lots which shou&#39;d be next Devour&#39;d: At length how the Remainder of them were Miraculousiy Preserv&#39;d by the Providence of God, and brought to Shore, some of which are now in England. This Account being Attested by the Captain&#39;s own Hand, and two others, and very well known by most Merchants upon the Royal Exchange.
context_page_description: Captain John Deane was an English sailor with a long career in the Royal Navy and Russian Navy. He rose to the rank of captain in the Royal Navy, commanding in the Capture of Gibraltar. Deane later commanded a trading vessel, the Nottingham Galley, shipwrecked on Boon Island in 1710. Deane spent 1714–1721 in service with the Tsar Peter the Great commanding a Russian naval ship. He then worked in Flanders as British Consul to the Port of Ostend until 1740, when he retired to his native Wilford, Nottingham. He died in 1761 from injuries in a violent assault. His wife died on the next day.
  The many accounts of his life include that of William Henry Giles Kingston, who confirms that Deane "really existed", and Richard H. Warner. His shipwreck on Boon Island and suspected cannibalism appear in accounts by W. C. Riess and A. Nightingale.
context_section_description: Captain John Deane (1679 – 1761) was an English sailor with a long career in the Royal Navy and Russian Navy. He rose to the rank of captain in the Royal Navy, commanding in the Capture of Gibraltar. Deane later commanded a trading vessel, the Nottingham Galley, shipwrecked on Boon Island in 1710. Deane spent 1714–1721 in service with the Tsar Peter the Great commanding a Russian naval ship. He then worked in Flanders as British Consul to the Port of Ostend until 1740, when he retired to his native Wilford, Nottingham. He died in 1761 from injuries in a violent assault. His wife died on the next day.
  The many accounts of his life include that of William Henry Giles Kingston, who confirms that Deane "really existed", and Richard H. Warner. His shipwreck on Boon Island and suspected cannibalism appear in accounts by W. C. Riess and A. Nightingale.
caption: The Nottingham Galley
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