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The story of Oxley, a trader who died on Tucopia Island at the age of 87. He left a written account of his life from the time he joined the crew of a British privateer in 1805, when England was at war with Spain. Following the captain's death the ship sails into the Pacific hunting whales. As a result of the new captain's foolishness, most of the crew are massacred in Tonga.
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cSolomon Islands,cSouth Pacific, Pacific Region,
- South Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean,
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Galapagos Islands,
cEcuador,cSouth America, Americas,
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cTonga,cSouth Pacific, Pacific Region,
- ca. 1805
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