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Two accounts of terrible shipwreck and the struggle for survival
The wreck of the Medusa is one of the most famous and infamous
shipwrecks from the great age of sailing ships. The Medusa was a
French frigate which struck the Bank of Arguin, off the coast of
Senegal in 1816 shortly after the end of the Napoleonic Wars. The
vessel had to be abandoned and this was undertaken with such
complete incompetence by the officers and crew that it resulted in
the loss of over 150 lives in such appalling circumstances that it
scandalised the general public of Europe and became an incurable
embarrassment for the French government of the day. The event was
even immortalised by a great artist of the period, and Gericault's
'Raft of the Medusa' endures to ensure it still remains widely
known in all its horror two centuries later. The outrage of the
Medusa gained particular notoriety because several of the survivors
wrote harrowing accounts of their experiences of the events that
took place. Two of these first hand narratives are included in this
Leonaur edition making it a fascinating book for all those with an
interest in sailing ships, voyages of times past and the perils of
the sea.
Two accounts of terrible shipwreck and the struggle for survival
The wreck of the Medusa is one of the most famous and infamous
shipwrecks from the great age of sailing ships. The Medusa was a
French frigate which struck the Bank of Arguin, off the coast of
Senegal in 1816 shortly after the end of the Napoleonic Wars. The
vessel had to be abandoned and this was undertaken with such
complete incompetence by the officers and crew that it resulted in
the loss of over 150 lives in such appalling circumstances that it
scandalised the general public of Europe and became an incurable
embarrassment for the French government of the day. The event was
even immortalised by a great artist of the period, and Gericault's
'Raft of the Medusa' endures to ensure it still remains widely
known in all its horror two centuries later. The outrage of the
Medusa gained particular notoriety because several of the survivors
wrote harrowing accounts of their experiences of the events that
took place. Two of these first hand narratives are included in this
Leonaur edition making it a fascinating book for all those with an
interest in sailing ships, voyages of times past and the perils of
the sea.
Der Untergang der franzosischen Frigatte \"Medusa\" gehort zu den
bekanntesten in der Geschichte der Schifffahrt. Die \"Medusa\" war
1816 auf ihrem Weg von Frankreich nach Senegal vor der
afrikanischen Kuste auf eine Sandbank gelaufen und sank. Da das
Schiff nicht uber genug Rettungsboote verfugte, kam fur ienen Teil
der Besatzung an Bord jegliche Hilfe zu spat. Dieses Buch
beschreibt anschaulich die Erlebnisse und Vorfalle auf der
\"Medusa\" unmittelbar vor und wahrend des Kampfes, das Schiff und
die Crew zu retten. Es handelt sich um eine englischsprachige
Ausgabe.
Der Untergang der franzosischen Frigatte \"Medusa\" gehort zu den
bekanntesten in der Geschichte der Schifffahrt. Die \"Medusa\" war
1816 auf ihrem Weg von Frankreich nach Senegal vor der
afrikanischen Kuste auf eine Sandbank gelaufen und sank. Da das
Schiff nicht uber genug Rettungsboote verfugte, kam fur ienen Teil
der Besatzung an Bord jegliche Hilfe zu spat. Dieses Buch
beschreibt anschaulich die Erlebnisse und Vorfalle auf der
\"Medusa\" unmittelbar vor und wahrend des Kampfes, das Schiff und
die Crew zu retten. Es handelt sich um eine englischsprachige
Ausgabe.
Description of the loss of the frigate "Medusa," the sufferings of
the crew and the various occurences on board the raft, written down
by two crew members. Reprint of the 1818 edition.
Der Untergang der franzosischen Frigatte "Medusa" gehort zu den
bekanntesten in der Geschichte der Schifffahrt. Die "Medusa" war
1816 auf ihrem Weg von Frankreich nach Senegal vor der
afrikanischen Kuste auf eine Sandbank gelaufen und sank. Da das
Schiff nicht uber genug Rettungsboote verfugte, kam fur ienen Teil
der Besatzung an Bord jegliche Hilfe zu spat. Dieses Buch
beschreibt anschaulich die Erlebnisse und Vorfalle auf der "Medusa"
unmittelbar vor und wahrend des Kampfes, das Schiff und die Crew zu
retten. Es handelt sich um eine englischsprachige Ausgabe.
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