Wreckers: Disaster in the Age of Discovery Exclusive_Publications and partnerships before overfishing

before overfishing

" Steve Marsh

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) De Bougainville was a French Naval Officer during the early 19th century - the sketches he made are held in the National Maritime Museum Collection

Wreckers: Disaster in the Age of Discovery Exclusive_Publications and partnerships before overfishingWhile figures such as Christopher Columbus, Vasco da Gama and Ferdinand Magellan are celebrated for their maritime achievements reaching the Americas, India, and circumnavigating the globe focusing solely on these voyages distorts our perspective on the past. Many explorers ended up as castaways, clinging to the splintered timbers of their wrecked ships, while those who survived often faced resistance and ridicule from indigenous communities across