After the HMS Wager's castaways fixed the Longboat, the Speedwell, the question was in which direction to take her

Should they go north and carry out the mission against the Spaniards with Captain David Cheap, or head South and try to get home to England via the Strait of Magellan with Gunner John Bulkeley? 

On March 13, 1741, 81 people embarked on three boats and sailed for the Strait of Magellan.

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*CHAPTERS*

00:00:00 Intro

00:01:16 01. Ripped

00:03:21 02. Mutineers' Mutiny

00:05:50 03. No Looking Back

00:09:18 04. Death Before Our Eyes

00:10:56 05. A New Day

00:12:06 06. Cut Losses

00:15:22 07. But Why?

00:16:41 08. No Relief

00:19:20 09. Port of God's Mercy

00:23:36 10. Grotesque Metamophosis

00:28:19 11. Heaven Sent Death

00:31:11 12. Strait Up

00:34:01 13. With All My Heart

00:37:13 14. Feeding Frenzy

00:48:36 15. On All Oars

00:40:12 16. Greatest Act of Cruelty

00:45:05 17. Tres Montes

00:47:34 18. So Close and Yet So Far

00:50:44 19. Die All Together

00:53:17 20. Day of Deliverance

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