Wrecked on a Reef. Twenty Months Among the Auckland Isles

F. E. Raynal

Wrecked on a Reef; or, Twenty Months Among the Auckland Isles. A True Story, From The French of François Édouard Raynal (F E. Raynal). Includes Thirty-eight Enqravinqs By Alfred De Neuville. Published in London in 1874. The engravings in this book are also available for viewing and download at www.digitaltextpublishing.com (363 pages) This is F. E. Raynal’s epic account of the wreck of the Grafton and the five castaways’ survival on Auckland Island helped make castaway stories important in maritime folklore. Raynal’s account, first published in French in 1870 and in English in 1874, was used by Jules Verne for his book Mysterious island. The Publisher has copy-edited this book to improve the formatting, style and accuracy of the text to make it readable. This did not involve changing the substance of the text. Some books, due to age and other factors may contain imperfections. Since there are many books such as this one that are important and beneficial to literary interests, we have made it digitally available and have brought it back into print for the preservation of printed works of the past.