The loss of the Wager
Subtitle: the narratives of John Bulkeley and the Hon. John Byron
By: with an introduction by Alan Gurney.
Contributors: Bulkeley, John.; Cummins, John, carpenter of H.M.S. Wager.; Byron, John, 1723-1786.
Edition: New ed.
Series: First person singular
Publisher: Boydell Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Woodbridge, Suffolk; Rochester, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
Subjects: Wager (Ship); Shipwrecks -- Chila -- Chiloé.; Voyages and travels -- Early works to 1800.; Chiloé (Chile); Patagonia (Argentina and Chile)
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Work titles: Wreck of the Wager
Notes: Originally published: The Wreck of the Wager. London : Folio Society, 1983.

"A voyage to the South-Seas in the years 1740-1, by John Bulkeley and John Cummins, was first published in 1743, and The narrative of the Honourable John Byron in 1768. In this edition Bulkeley's account is reprinted from the first edition and Byron's from an edition published in 1785."