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Two accounts of terrible shipwreck and the struggle for survival

Two accounts of terrible shipwreck and the struggle for survival

Surgeon (Jean Baptiste) Henri Savigny (1793-1843) was the author of Observations sur les Effets de la Faim et de la Soif (1818) and along with engineergeographer Alexandre Corr ard (1788-1857) wrote Naufrage de la Fr gate 'La M duse' (1817), which was first published in English... Read Full Overview

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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Der Untergang der franz sischen Frigatte "Medusa" geh rt zu den bekanntesten in der Geschichte der Schifffahrt. Die "Medusa" war 1816 auf ihrem Weg von Frankreich nach Senegal vor der afrikanischen K ste auf eine Sandbank gelaufen und sank. Da das Schiff nicht ber genug Rettungsboote... Read Full Overview

Der Untergang der franz sischen Frigatte \"Medusa\" geh rt zu den bekanntesten in der Geschichte der Schifffahrt. Die \"Medusa\" war 1816 auf ihrem Weg von Frankreich nach Senegal vor der afrikanischen K ste auf eine Sandbank gelaufen und sank. Da das Schiff nicht ber genug... Read Full Overview