Medusa
Account of the French frigate Medusa, which sighted Madeira on 28 June 1816 shortly before its famous wreck on the Arguin bank.
The French frigate Medusa, well known for its wreck on the Banc d'Arguin, 40 léguas from the coast of Africa, and for the untold sufferings endured by many of its crew and passengers after they abandoned the ship, passed within sight of Madeira on 28 June 1816, but did not make contact with the land. The frigate was commanded by Duroy de Chaumareys, whose obstinacy and incompetence caused the deaths of more than 150 people who had embarked on it at Aix, bound for the French settlements on the west coast of Africa. The wreck occurred on 2 July 1816.
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- Banc d'Arguin
Mauritania. Shoal off Africa where the Medusa was wrecked.
Shoal off Africa where the Medusa was wrecked.
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Commander of the frigate Medusa, blamed by the Elucidário for the deaths of over 150 people in its wreck.