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Wreck of the Medusa: Mutiny, Murder, and Survival on the High Seas

By Alexander , Mckee

Book information

Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Year
2007
ISBN
9781602391864, 1-60239-186-6
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
806 kB (825441 bytes)
Edition
Reprinted
Pages
294\0
Time added
2017-08-15 11:00:00
Méduse (Ship);Shipwrecks -- Senegal.;Medusa;Schif

Description

In 1816, a fleet of ships left France to accept the British hand-over of the port of Saint-Louis in Senegal. Among them was the frigate Medusa. A month after it set sail, she shank miles off of Africa’s west coast, leaving the passengers to flee on lifeboats and a raft cobbled together from parts of the sinking ship. After a failed attempt by those in the lifeboats to tow the raft, it—and the more than 150 people aboard—were abandoned. This is the horrific tale, filled with suicide, murder, and cannibalism, of those left behind.

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