Castaway

In May of 1831 a British sailing ship has delivered its cargo of fine English furniture to the island of Jamaica for the Walker West India Company, and is returning homeward with a load of raw sugar, molasses and rum. One of the shipmates aboard this vessel, the Arthur Hoyt - is Ship's Mate Edward Tostig, on his third seagoing voyage and just turned 22 years of age in March of that year. Their shi...