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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... unto oranges , growing upon a high tree , the leaf whereof was somewhat like the aspen leaf , and small ; white crabs creeping upon the sand , and little eels which we found under the sands , but in all this island we could not find any ...
... unto oranges , growing upon a high tree , the leaf whereof was somewhat like the aspen leaf , and small ; white crabs creeping upon the sand , and little eels which we found under the sands , but in all this island we could not find any ...
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... unto you ? They were all such as neither respected me nor anything that I commanded . Away they went , and by one of the clock they sent my boat again with Ginny wheat and six hens and a small hog . I seeing no return again of the ...
... unto you ? They were all such as neither respected me nor anything that I commanded . Away they went , and by one of the clock they sent my boat again with Ginny wheat and six hens and a small hog . I seeing no return again of the ...
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... unto you , not to be accountable for anything . That which you will ( if you find any overplus , yourself specially being satisfied to your own desire ) give unto my sister Anne Candish . I have written to no man living but yourself ...
... unto you , not to be accountable for anything . That which you will ( if you find any overplus , yourself specially being satisfied to your own desire ) give unto my sister Anne Candish . I have written to no man living but yourself ...
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Great Shipwrecks and Castaways: Firsthand Accounts of Disasters at Sea Charles Neider No preview available - 2000 |
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