1693 - Memorable Accidents This passage describes a shipwreck that occurred during a voyage from Goa to Portugal in 1686. The story is related in graphic and theatrical terms: the sounds of the 'cracking' structure as the vessel is 'lifted...up to the clouds'; the 'astonishment, terror and consternation that seiz'd upon every Heart of the Ship'; 'the cries, sighs and groans'.
Memorable Accidents and Unheard of Transactions was published in 1693. As the title page outlines, the book contains 'an Account of Several Strange Events: As the Deposing of Tyrants, Lamentable Shipwrecks, Dismal misfortunes, Strategems of War, Perilous Adventures...and Select Historical Events.' http://www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/texts/ship/mem/accidents/1693.html -- Frederick Noronha http://fn.goa-india.org Ph +91-832-2409490 The Goa books blog: http://goabooks.wordpress.com Goa1556 (alt.publishing.goa): http://goa1556.goa-india.org
