Benjamin Briggs was the captain of a merchant ship  that was discovered deserted off the shores of which Island ?
Benjamin Briggs:  He is famous today for being the Captain of the merchant ship "Mary Celeste" when she was discovered unmanned and drifting in the Atlantic Ocean near the Straits of Gibraltar, on December 4, 1872. Mary Celeste: Mary Celeste (often misreported as "Marie Celeste") was an American merchant brigantine, discovered adrift and deserted in the Atlantic Ocean, off the Azores Islands, on December 5, 1872.
Azores Islands