Descrição
An extraordinary drama of shipwreck and survival, The Wreck of the Barque Stefano is a true story with all the ingredients of classic adventure fiction. This Croatian vessel with from Dubrovnik to Cardiff to pick up coal for Hong Kong. Off the North West Cape of Australia the ship was grounded and the sailors cast into the sea.Shipwrecks were common – 1800 in the last quarter of the nineteenth century in that region alone – and castaways could expect a slow death. In the spirit of Robinson Crusoe and Treasure Island, this deft adaption of the original document unlock a true story rich in human insight.
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