Traditions of Salvaging Shipwrecks and Community Resilience

Exploring the historical practices of dealing with shipwrecks on an island, focusing on aiding survivors, salvaging cargo, and community auctions of salvaged goods. The chapter showcases how local residents made pragmatic use of everything washed ashore, including salvaged bananas as a primary food source, with a contemporary anecdote of a community salvaging a shipment of Doritos in 2006.