Full book title: Beskrifning öfver en äfventyrlig resa til och ifrån Ost-Indien, Södra America, och en del af Europa, åren 1755, 56, och 57. Af Johan Brelin
Originally uploaded on YouTube Jan 15 2020.
In this book tip I want to mention a book by J…
Full book title: Beskrifning öfver en äfventyrlig resa til och ifrån Ost-Indien, Södra America, och en del af Europa, åren 1755, 56, och 57. Af Johan Brelin
Originally uploaded on YouTube Jan 15 2020.
In this book tip I want to mention a book by Johan Brelin, a sailor on the Swedish East Indian Company. The book was published in 1758 and I have a facsimile copy published in 1973. He got left behind by his crew on the island Ascension (then an uninhibited volcanic island) when he got lost and injured his foot while it got stuck in a crack. His ship had anchored there to catch some turtles, and unfortunately Johan got lost on the island while part of a group that set out for the hunt.
What followed was hardship on the island, among rats and scorpions, and crazy animal screams at night. Search for food and shelter and all that typical island survival stuff. He was lucky, because a French ship had anchored at the island on its mission to warn other French ships about the war with England. Eventually he was saved by the French crew who took him in as one of their own. They sailed to Brazil where Johan shares many interesting accounts about what he saw. Back in Europe they arrived in Portugal months after the great Lisbon Earthquake in 1755. Which brought deep changes in Portugal and its position among in the world. We get honest and descriptive insights into the various places Johan visited, its people and culture. All very concise and illustrious from a world that still was different.
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