The wreck of the Medusa

The wreck of the Medusa

by Jonathan Miles

2007

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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.