I this subject interests you I recommend "Desperate journeys, abandoned souls : true stories of castaways and other survivors" available freely on the Internet

I this subject interests you I recommend "Desperate journeys, abandoned souls : true stories of castaways and other survivors" available freely on the Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/desperatejourney00edwa/page/n19/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/desperatejourney00edwa/page/n19/...