The Cruise of the Alerte
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In 1889, Edward Frederick Knight
sailed to Trindade
in a 64 foot yawl
named the Alerte. He wrote the book The Cruise of the Alerte about his journey with detailed descriptions of Trindade.
Arthur Ransome
used the descriptions from Knight's book as a basis for Crab Island in his book Peter Duck
, except that he set the island further north in the Caribbean Sea
.
Edward Frederick Knight
Edward Frederick Knight was an English barrister, soldier, journalist, and author of 20 books, many based on his dispatches as a war correspondent.-Biography:...
sailed to Trindade
Trindade and Martim Vaz
Trindade and Martim Vaz is an archipelago located about 1,200 kilometers east of Vitória in the Southern Atlantic Ocean, belonging to the State of Espírito Santo, Brazil. The archipelago has a total area of 10.4 km² and a population of 32...
in a 64 foot yawl
Yawl
A yawl is a two-masted sailing craft similar to a sloop or cutter but with an additional mast located well aft of the main mast, often right on the transom, specifically aft of the rudder post. A yawl (from Dutch Jol) is a two-masted sailing craft similar to a sloop or cutter but with an...
named the Alerte. He wrote the book The Cruise of the Alerte about his journey with detailed descriptions of Trindade.
Arthur Ransome
Arthur Ransome
Arthur Michell Ransome was an English author and journalist, best known for writing the Swallows and Amazons series of children's books. These tell of school-holiday adventures of children, mostly in the Lake District and the Norfolk Broads. Many of the books involve sailing; other common subjects...
used the descriptions from Knight's book as a basis for Crab Island in his book Peter Duck
Peter Duck
Peter Duck is the third book in the Swallows and Amazons series by Arthur Ransome. The Swallows and Amazons sail to Crab Island with Captain Flint and Peter Duck an old sailor to recover buried treasure...
, except that he set the island further north in the Caribbean Sea
Caribbean Sea
The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean located in the tropics of the Western hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico and Central America to the west and southwest, to the north by the Greater Antilles, and to the east by the Lesser Antilles....
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