Person who is cast adrift or ashore, usually in shipwreck

A narrative of the sufferings, preservation and deliverance, of Capt. John Dean and company  in the Nottingham-Gally [sic] of London, cast away on Boon-Island, near New England, December 11, 1710.

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A narrative of the sufferings, preservation and deliverance, of Capt. John Dean and company in the Nottingham-Gally [sic] of London, cast away on Boon-Island, near New England, December 11, 1710.