Narrative of the total loss of the Alexander, East-Indiaman, on her passage homeward from Bombay, March, 1815, on the beach off Portland, when the captain and all the crew perished. Also, The distresses and exertions of M. Pierre Viaud and Mad. La Couture, who were left on a desert island in the West Indies, 1765.

Format:

Book

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Survival.

Shipwreck survival.

Survival at sea.

Airplane crash survival.

Alexander (Indiaman).

Shipwrecks--England--Portland.

Shipwrecks.

Shipwrecks--West Indies.

Cannibalism.

West Indies.

England--Portland.

Physical Description:

36 pages, 1 unnumbered folded leaf of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm (12mo)

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for Champante and Whitrow ..., Evans & Son ..., Hughes ..., J. Fairburn ..., and R. Hill ..., [1815?]

Notes:

"Distresses of Mons. Pierre Viaud, and Madame La Couture, left on a desert island, and obliged to murder their negro for food."--P. [5]-29.

"The imminent dangers and wonderful escapes of William Okely, John Anthony, William Adams, John Jepps, and the carpenter, on board the Mary of London, who made their escape from slavery in Algiers, in a boat of their own building, June 30th, 1664."--P. [30]-36.

Signatures: A-C⁶.

Local Notes:

With: McGregor, John James. Narrative of the loss of the Sea-Horse transport, Captain Gibbs, in the Bay of Tramore, on the 30th of January, 1816. Waterford : Printed by John Bull, bookseller ..., 1816.

Contains:

Viaud, Pierre. Naufrage et aventures de M. Pierre Viaud, natif de Bordeaux, capitaine de navire. English

Distresses and exertions of M. Pierre Viaud and Mad. La Couture, who were left on a desert island in the West Indies, 1765.

Distresses of Mons. Pierre Viaud, and Madame La Couture, left on a desert island, and obliged to murder their negro for food.

Imminent dangers and wonderful escapes of William Okely, John Anthony, William Adams, John Jepps, and the carpenter, on board the Mary of London.

OCLC:

63661032