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The wreck of the Medusa : the most famous sea disaster of the nineteenth century Cover Image Book

The wreck of the Medusa : the most famous sea disaster of the nineteenth century / Jonathan Miles.

Miles, Jonathan, 1952- (Author).

Summary:

Describes the 1816 sinking of the Medusa, the flagship of a French expedition en route to reclaim a colony in Senegal from the British, which ran aground thanks to the incompetence of the ship's captain, Hugo de Chaumareys.

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  • ISBN: 9780871139597
  • ISBN: 0871139596
  • Physical Description: xv, 309 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
  • Edition: 1st edition
  • Publisher: New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, [2007]
  • Distributor: Distributed by Publishers Group West.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-296) and index.

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Méduse (Ship)
Shipwrecks > Senegal.

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