Perils And Captivity

About this eBook

Author

Godin des Odonais, Jean, 1712-1792

Title

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.

Credits

Produced by Steven desJardins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

G: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation

Subject

Africa, French-speaking West -- Social life and customs -- 18th century

Category

Text

eBook-No.

22792

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22792

Release Date

September 28, 2007

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.PERILS AND CAPTIVITY;
2. 2.THE SUFFERINGS OF THE PICARD FAMILY — AFTER THE SHIPWRECK OF THE MEDUSA, IN THE YEAR 1816.
3. 3.NARRATIVE — OF THE CAPTIVITY OF M. DE BRISSON, IN THE YEAR 1785.
4. 4.VOYAGE OF MADAME GODIN — ALONG THE RIVER OF THE AMAZONS, IN THE YEAR 1770.
5. 5.PREFACE.
6. 6.CONTENTS.
7. 7.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.
8. 8.TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE.
9. 9.AUTHOR'S PREFACE.
10. 10.CHAPTER I.
11. 11.CHAPTER II.
12. 12.CHAPTER III.
13. 13.CHAPTER IV.
14. 14.CHAPTER V.
15. 15.CHAPTER VI.
16. 16.CHAPTER VII.
17. 17.CHAPTER VIII.
18. 18.CHAPTER IX.
19. 19.CHAPTER X.
20. 20.CHAPTER XI.
21. 21.CHAPTER XII.
22. 22.CHAPTER XIII.
23. 23.CHAPTER XIV.
24. 24.CHAPTER XV.
25. 25.CHAPTER XVI.
26. 26.APPENDIX.
27. 27.NOTES.
28. 28.NARRATIVE OF THE CAPTIVITY OF M. DE BRISSON — IN THE DESERTS OF AFRICA, — IN THE YEAR 1785.
29. 29.ACCOUNT OF THE ADVENTURES OF MADAME GODIN DES ODONAIS, — IN PASSING DOWN THE RIVER OF THE AMAZONS, — IN THE YEAR 1770.

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