Archaeologists find a possible castaway camp on the island that inspired Jules Verne

Possible 19th-century castaway camp found on Isla de los Estados

On Isla de los Estados, a windswept island off Tierra del Fuego, archaeologists have uncovered 19th-century artifacts — glass beads, a bottle, metal sheets, ceramic buttons, a deck prism and a rudder hinge — that may mark the camp of Argentine sailor Luis Piedra Buena and his crew, castaways for over two months after the schooner brig Espora wrecked in 1873. The team also re-examined hull remains at Lacroix Inlet, though the evidence doesn't fully line up yet.