The Cruise of the Alerte
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The Cruise of the Alerte
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The Cruise of the Alerte (1891) is a travel narrative by Edward Frederick Knight. In 1889, Knight sailed to Trindade in a 64-foot yawl named the Alerte. At the time, it was the only detailed written account of the island. The book was written as if the island was uninhabited, although the island was populated at the time and had been for at least five hundred years. Arthur Ransome used the descriptions from Knight's book as a basis for the geographical features of Crab Island in his book Peter D
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1891 travel narrative by Edward Frederick Knight
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cruise_of_the_Alerte
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2024-03-08T12:03:59Z
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