{"id":486730,"date":"2022-08-20T15:00:24","date_gmt":"2022-08-20T12:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-real-story-behind-the-wager\/"},"modified":"2022-08-20T15:00:24","modified_gmt":"2022-08-20T12:00:24","slug":"the-real-story-behind-the-wager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-real-story-behind-the-wager\/","title":{"rendered":"#The Real Story Behind The Wager"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a38445a8a9d3\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a38445a8a9d3\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-real-story-behind-the-wager\/#%E2%80%9CThe_Real_Story_Behind_The_Wager%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;The Real Story Behind The Wager&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-real-story-behind-the-wager\/#War_of_Jenkins_Ear\" >War of Jenkins\u2019 Ear<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-real-story-behind-the-wager\/#A_Trip_Around_the_World\" >A Trip Around the World<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-real-story-behind-the-wager\/#The_Wager_Wrecks\" >The\u00a0Wager\u00a0Wrecks<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-real-story-behind-the-wager\/#Mutiny_on_the_Wager\" >Mutiny on the\u00a0Wager<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-real-story-behind-the-wager\/#The_Stranded_Men\" >The Stranded Men<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-real-story-behind-the-wager\/#What_Happened\" >What Happened?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CThe_Real_Story_Behind_The_Wager%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;The Real Story Behind The Wager&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<pre><code>     &lt;span class=\"mx-1\"&gt;Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio reunite for this tale of mutiny on the high seas. &lt;\/span&gt;\n&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;div id=\"\"&gt;\n\n\n\n                &lt;figure class=\"sf-entry-featured-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> \"&gt;\n            &lt;img width=\"700\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Martin-Scorsese-and-Leonardo-DiCaprio-Wolf-of-Wall-Street.jpg\" class=\"articlethumb wp-post-image\" alt=\"Scorsese and DiCaprio: The Real Story Behind The Wager\"\/&gt;                                    &lt;p&gt;\n                    &lt;span class=\"sf-entry-flag sf-entry-flag-creditline\"&gt;Paramount Pictures&lt;\/span&gt;\n\n                        &lt;\/figure&gt;\n\n    &lt;!-- START BYLINE --&gt;\n    &lt;div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center my-4 text-center medium dark-gray\"&gt;\n        By\u00a0Will DiGravio\u00a0\u00b7 Published on August 20th, 2022 \n        &lt;\/div&gt;\n    &lt;!-- END BYLINE --&gt;\n\n    &lt;em&gt;Real Stories is an ongoing column about the true stories behind <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">movies<\/a> and TV shows. It\u2019s that simple. This installment focuses on the real story behind the upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>leTV+ film The Wager by Martin Scorsese.&lt;\/em&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong>Martin Scorsese\u00a0<\/strong>and <strong>Leonardo DiCaprio\u00a0<\/strong>will reunite for <em><strong>The Wager<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/em>a book by David Grann of the same name. Grann is also the author of another Scorsese-DiCaprio collaboration based on a true story,\u00a0<strong><em>Killers of the Flower Moon<\/em><\/strong><em>.\u00a0<\/em>The film marks the seventh time the actor and director have worked together. They first collaborated on the 2002 epic,\u00a0<strong><em>Gangs of New York<\/em><\/strong><em>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Described as a story of \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/208563\/the-wager-by-david-grann\/\">shipwreck, survival, and savagery<\/a>,\u201d here is a look at the true events behind the famous mutiny chronicled in <em>The Wager.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"War_of_Jenkins_Ear\"><\/span>War of Jenkins\u2019 Ear<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Our story more or less begins with an amputated ear. Seriously. Throughout the 18th century, Great Britain and Spain often found themselves in armed conflict. The War of Jenkins\u2019 Ear <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/War-of-Jenkins-Ear\">began<\/a> in 1783. British Sea Captain Robert Jenkins appeared before the House of Commons and showed his alleged ear. Jenkins claimed that Spanish coast guards cut off the ear in the West Indies seven years earlier. Jenkins said the Spanish pillaged his ship and sent it adrift.<\/p>\n<p>While the truth of Jenkins\u2019 story remains in doubt, it had a tremendous impact. During the period, public sentiment in Britain was increasingly militant towards the Spanish. Political figures soon used the incident to rile up the public in favor of the war and in opposition to the existing government, headed by Robert Walpole, the man many refer to as Britain\u2019s first prime minister.<\/p>\n<p>The events led to continued and renewed conflict between British and Spanish forces. The conflicts came to be included in the broader <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/War-of-the-Austrian-Succession\">War of the Austrian Succession<\/a>, which lasted from 1740 \u2013 1748 and included numerous nations.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_Trip_Around_the_World\"><\/span>A Trip Around the World<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The conflict with Spain presented an opportunity for British Commodore George Anson. Appointed the leader of a small squadron of ships, Anson set off for, as Rear Admiral CH Layman, writing in the BBC\u2019s <em>History Extra<\/em> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/period\/georgian\/mutiny-at-sea-the-forgotten-story-of-murder-and-brutality-aboard-hms-wager\/\">describes it<\/a>, \u201cthe infamously stormy Cape Horn into the Pacific to take the war to the Spanish possessions in the South Seas.\u201d But Anson had more up his sleeve.<\/p>\n<p>Anson\u2019s squadron aimed to complete a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> around the world. But the ships faced a sea of challenges. According to the <em>Encyclopedia Britannica<\/em> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/George-Anson-Baron-Anson\">entry<\/a>, the ships were \u201cpoorly manned, ill-equipped vessels to capture Spanish treasure ships in the Pacific.\u201d Anson lost three ships while rounding Cape Horn but eventually made his way to Chile. While there, they raided Spanish mining settlements.<\/p>\n<p>They eventually lost all but one of the ships, the\u00a0<em>Centurion.\u00a0<\/em>However, that one ship powered Anson and his remaining men to many victories. Near the Philippines, the\u00a0<em>Centurion\u00a0<\/em>captured a Spanish treasure ship, which they were able to turn into \u00a3400,000 when they reached China. There, they became the first British warship to enter Chinese shores.<\/p>\n<p>In 1744, four years after they left Britain, they returned to England. More than half of the 2,000-member crew had died, mostly from scurvy. Included on the list of casualties and controversies from the voyage were men from a ship called the\u00a0<em>Wager.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Wager_Wrecks\"><\/span>The\u00a0<em>Wager\u00a0<\/em>Wrecks<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In 1741 off the coast of Chile, HMS\u00a0<em>Wager,\u00a0<\/em>a member of Anson\u2019s squadron, faced \u201cvicious hurricane-force winds.\u201d They were blown off course to an island now called Wager Island. Many men, including those who were already ill with scurvy, drowned. About 140 men were able to make it ashore. The conditions were horrible. Many starved to death. Others died from exhaustion and hypothermia.\u00a0\u00a0According to Layman:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Discipline started to break down in these miserable conditions, with at least one murder, much pilfering of scanty supplies, disaffection and mutinous murmurings.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Soon, factions began to form. The group\u2019s leader, Captain David Cheap, believed that the group should head north in boats. There, they could rejoin Anson. However, many of the men disagreed. They believed that heading south served as their \u201conly chance of survival.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paranoia grew. And Cheap, according to Layman, shot and killed one of his officers, believing the man a \u201cmutineer.\u201d The move lead to chaos.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Mutiny_on_the_Wager\"><\/span>Mutiny on the\u00a0<em>Wager<\/em><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Cheap\u2019s actions and the growing desperation of the situation led to an actual mutiny. Gunner John Bulkeley, who Layman describes as \u201caustere,\u201d led the charge with another officer. Cheap was arrested, tied to a tree, and left behind with a small group of men.<\/p>\n<p>The other men, 81 in total, set off for the Straits of Magellan, located on the Southern coast of Chile. Ill-equipped for the journey and lacking food, many died. But the group, now totaling 37, successfully passed through the straits. The group then journeyed to Patagonia. Once at the Argentine portion of the region, eight were sent ashore for water but were stranded and then abandoned.<\/p>\n<p>And then there were 29. According to Layman:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>survivors arrived at Rio Grande in Brazil, after an epic journey of 2,500 nautical miles in an open boat through the world\u2019s most hostile waters \u2013 perhaps the greatest castaway voyage ever known.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Then a colony of Portugal, the Portuguese governor, and people received the men and aided them in their journeys home to England, where they faced \u201ca doubtful future.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Stranded_Men\"><\/span>The Stranded Men<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>So what happened to the other men? The men left behind with Cheap included <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/John-Byron-British-admiral\">John Byron<\/a>, nicknamed \u201cFoul-weather Jack.\u201d Grandfather to the famous, not-yet-born poet Lord Byron, Foul-weather Jack\u201d was one of only three non-mutineers, including Cheap, who survived the journey back to England. After the mutiny, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2015\/jan\/29\/unpublished-letter-mutiny-hms-wager-royal-navy\">according to <\/a><em>The Guardian,\u00a0<\/em>Cheap and his men set off in \u201ctwo small and hardly seaworthy boats.\u201d New mutinies followed. Men were lost. But the survivors were luckily aided by the Chonos indigenous people, who guided them to safety. They finally ended up in Spanish hands and, through a prisoner of war exchange, returned to\u00a0England five years after their journey began.<\/p>\n<p>The mutineers stranded on Argentine Patagonia were not so fortunate. According to Layman, some of the men were captured and then murdered or enslaved. Later, some were prisoners of war and brought back to Spain. Those who lived returned to England five-and-a-half years after they first departed.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Happened\"><\/span>What Happened?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The sudden return of these men, who many believed dead, naturally raised many questions. How did the ship sink? Who was to blame? Had the sailors engaged in a mutiny? Should they or their leader be prosecuted?<\/p>\n<p>A court martial convened. Was Cheap to blame? Or were the mutineers? Or both? Ultimately, Layman writes, the men were never brought to trial. The story instead became a legend of survival, with figures like Byron becoming well-known.<\/p>\n<p>The events did have an impact. According to Layman, Anson, then an admiral on the Admiralty Board, the body in charge of the British navy, \u201clearned the lessons of the Wager disaster.\u201d New protocols were put in place for when a shipwrecked. Layman writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>He also brought embarked marine forces under the captain\u2019s command \u2013 a move that led directly to the formation of the Royal Marines, an elite part of the naval service to this day.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<pre><code>    &lt;p&gt;Related Topics: Real Stories\n    &lt;!-- AUTHOR BOX --&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<div class=\"gray-bg p-4 border small mb-5\">\n<div class=\"row align-items-center text-md-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/will.jpg\" class=\"circle img-fluid\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md\">\n            Will DiGravio is a Brooklyn-based critic, researcher, and video essayist, who has been a contributor at Film School Rejects since 2018. 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