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Perils and captivity : comprising the sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816 ; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson in the year 1785 ; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons in the year 1770.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shipwrecks--South Atlantic Ocean.
- Shipwrecks.
- Amazon River--Description and travel.
- Amazon River.
- Africa, North--Social life and customs--18th century.
- Africa, North.
- Africa, French-speaking West--Social life and customs--18th century.
- Africa, French-speaking West.
- Méduse (Ship).
- Picard family.
- Brisson, Pierre-Raymond de, 1745-1820?.
- Brisson, Pierre-Raymond de.
- Godin des Odonais, Isabelle de Grandmaison, b. 1728?.
- Godin des Odonais, Isabelle de Grandmaison.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (322 p. )
- Other Title:
- Perils and captivity
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : F.S. Hill, 1831.
- Contents:
- 1. History of the sufferings and misfortunes of the Picard family, after the shipwreck of the Medusa, on the western coast of Africa, in the year 1816 : from the French of Madame Dard, one of the sufferers / by P. Maxwell, Esq.
- 2. Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson in the deserts of Africa in the year 1785 : translated from the French
- 3. Account of the adventures of Madame Godin des Odonais, in passing down the river of the Amazons in the year 1770.
- Notes:
- Each section has separate t.p.
- The narrative of the Picard family was written by Charlotte Adélaïde Picard Dard.
- Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
- Sabin no. 60927.
- Contains:
- History of the sufferings and misfortunes of the Picard family, after the shipwreck of the Medusa.
- Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson in the deserts of Africa.
- Account of the adventures of Madame Godin des Odonais.
- OCLC:
- 11
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