John Nunn (sailor)

John Nunn
John Nunn (c. 1849)
Born2 July 1803
Harwich, Essex
Died1860 (aged 56–57)

John Nunn (2 July 1803 – 1860) was an English sailor and author. During his time as a sailor, he was shipwrecked at the uninhabited Kerguelen Islands, which led to a three-and-a-half-year stay there. He recorded his experiences in a book that also described Kerguelen in detail.

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