joan didion famously said that we all tell ourselves stories in order to live, get in their place. it was quite literally true. if they did not tell a convincing tale, they could be hanged. these defendants once hoped to return to england, basked in glory. they had embarked with a squad in a four other four other ships. on a secret mission, which was to try to capture a spanish galleon, feel filled with so much treasure. the ship was known as the prize of all the oceans. believe it or not, that was part the mission of their plans. it had a real of piracy about it. in fact, the seamen were given offered a tantalizing prospect a share of any treasure treasure money that was seized. but before they could embark, they had to get out of the dockyard raids in england where they had been trapped. this just this map shows where they were heading. and it shows were supposed to cross the atlantic and sail around cape horn, the tip of south america, then up coast to chile and then into the pacific, where they were hoping to intercept the galleon off the coast of the philippines. but they were