A Furnace Afloat: The Wreck of the Hornet and the Harrowing 4,300-mile Voyage of Its Survivors
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780743230377 (074323037X)
ASIN: 074323037X
Publish date: September 30th 2003
Publisher: Free Press
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
On May 3, 1866, the American clipper ship Hornet caught fire. The 31 castaways were left with ten days' rations, 12 gallons of potable water and three small boats. 43 days later, having floated 4,300 miles some of them reached Hawaii. The burning itself occurred 1,000 miles due west of the Galapagos...
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