In Search of the Castaways Book One Chapter X - The Course decided

In which the intrepid searchers arrive at the port of Talcahuano and conduct a thorough inquiry into the fate of the lost Britannia along the South American coast, only to find no direct clues to its misfortune. A geographer’s keen insight then suggests a daring inland course along the 37th parallel, promising hope that the shipwrecked might yet be found alive among the rivers and plains far from the sea.