Ebook: Wreck of the Medusa: Mutiny, Murder, and Survival on the High Seas
Author: Alexander McKee
- Tags: Méduse (Ship), Shipwrecks, Senegal, HISTORY, Modern, 19th Century, Shipwrecks, Senegal
- Year: 2007
- Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
- City: New York, Senegal
- Language: English
- epub
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 sank 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 Read more...
Abstract: 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 sank 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