“They describe the voyage, the problems with the ship and its navigation, that led to the shipwreck.”
“Sure, the original Dutchman Bryn Terfel had to withdraw because of a broken ankle but still, this should have been good. Instead, the performance was a shipwreck.”
“Evidently his real charge was not to help Perez in his linguistic difficulties but to spy on him. But the malign shipwreckee was at the same time a spy...”
“There is a chapter devoted to each shipwreckee, including their own photographs, drawings, cartoons, extracts from journals and other writings.”