About this episode
The episode discusses the 1832 shipwreck of the Mentor and the challenges faced by the surviving crewmen in the Micronesian archipelago of Palau.
Eleven surviving crewmen faced the miseries of shipwreck and the uncertainty of contact with the Indigenous people of the Micronesian archipelago of Palau.
People in this episode
Host: Mindy Todd
Topics covered
- shipwreck
- Indigenous people
- Micronesia
- Palau
- survival
- history
Keywords
- shipwreck
- Mentor
- crewmen
- Indigenous
- Palau
- Micronesia
- history
- survival
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Micronesian archipelago, Palau
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