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John Byron

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John Byron 1723–86, British vice admiral and explorer. Sailing in 1740 with Admiral George Anson on a voyage around the world, he was shipwrecked off Chile. His Narrative of Great Distresses on the Shores of Patagonia (1768) is said to have been used by his grandson, the poet George Gordon, Lord Byron, in writing Don Juan.

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Byron, John (1723–86), as a midshipman on one of the ships of Anson's squadron, was wrecked on an island off the coast of Chile in 1741. His ‘Narrative’ of the shipwreck, published 1768, was used by his grandson Lord Byron in his description of the storm and wreck in Don Juan.

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