Great Shipwrecks and Castaways: Authentic Accounts of Disasters at SeaCharles Neider This unforgettable collection of eyewitness accounts of sea-faring catastrophes describes the adventures of Alexander Selkirk, the original Robinson Crusoe; Miss Ann Saunders, a prim young lady shipwrecked in 1826 and forced to drink the blood of her own fiance; and eighteen other survivors' stories. |
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Page 103
... pirates cruised about in the West Indies , taking seven or eight prizes , and at length arrived at the island of Santa Cruz , where they captured two more . While lying there Low thought he stood in need of a medicine chest and in order ...
... pirates cruised about in the West Indies , taking seven or eight prizes , and at length arrived at the island of Santa Cruz , where they captured two more . While lying there Low thought he stood in need of a medicine chest and in order ...
Page 114
... pirates as I was of Spaniards , approached very cautiously towards the shore . I then came down to the beach , showing myself openly ; for their conduct led me to think that they could not be pirates , and I resolved , before being ...
... pirates as I was of Spaniards , approached very cautiously towards the shore . I then came down to the beach , showing myself openly ; for their conduct led me to think that they could not be pirates , and I resolved , before being ...
Page 118
... pirate , however , and told the others that John Hope had hid many things in the woods ; therefore they beat him unmercifully to make him disclose his treasure , which they carried off with them . After the pirates had kept these people ...
... pirate , however , and told the others that John Hope had hid many things in the woods ; therefore they beat him unmercifully to make him disclose his treasure , which they carried off with them . After the pirates had kept these people ...
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Great Shipwrecks and Castaways: Firsthand Accounts of Disasters at Sea Charles Neider No preview available - 2000 |
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