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Two accounts of terrible shipwreck and the struggle for survival

Two accounts of terrible shipwreck and the struggle for survival

Jean Baptiste Henri Savigny, born on April 10, 1793, died on January 27, 1843, was a surgeon and doctor aboard the Medusa. When the ship sank (July 2, 1816), he was one of three officers who volunteered to take a place on the raft among 152 shipwrecked people. He is one of the... Read Full Overview

Naufrage de la fr?gate La M?duse, faisant partie de l'exp?dition du S?n?gal, en 1816: relation contenant les ?v?nemens qui ont eu lieu sur le radeau, dans le d?sert de Saara, ? Saint-Louis et au camp de Daccard; suivie d'un examen sous les rapports agricoles de la partie occidentale... Read Full Overview

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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 is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections
such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact,
or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe... Read Full Overview

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections
such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact,
or were introduced by the scanning process. We... Read Full Overview

Reproduction of the original: Narrative of a Voyage to Senegal in 1816 by J.B. Henry Savigny, Alexander Corr ard

Reproduction of the original: Narrative of a Voyage to Senegal in 1816 by J.B. Henry Savigny, Alexander Corr ard

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

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

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

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

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

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

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

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview