Pregnant, 19 and facing down a mutiny: how did Mary Ann Patten steer her way into seafaring lore?
Pregnant, 19 and facing down a mutiny: how did Mary Ann Patten steer her way into seafaring lore?
Finding herself in charge of her sick husband’s clipper, a self-taught working-class teenager overcame storms, icebergs and a disloyal first mate to get her ship to safety
