This incredible story is found in the pages of The Book of Shipwrecks, Narratives of Maritime Discoveries, and the Most Popular Voyages, which was published in Boston in 1840.  I relate it as it is described therein.  Specific dates and names have been omitted, not by myself, but by the original author, who was a witness to the events.  This discretion seems to be consistent with the regular practice of the era.