The Cruise of the Alerte

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The Cruise of the Alerte
AuthorEdward Frederick Knight
GenreTravel
Publication date
1890

The Cruise of the Alerte: The Narrative of a Search for Treasure on the Desert Island of Trinidad (1890) 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.[1]

Arthur Ransome used the descriptions from Knight's book as a basis for the geographical features of Crab Island in his book Peter Duck,[2] except that he set the island further north in the Caribbean Sea.

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  1. ^ Murray, George (1902). "From Madeira to the Cape". The Geographical Journal. 19 (4): 426. Bibcode:1902GeogJ..19..423M. doi:10.2307/1775240. ISSN 0016-7398. JSTOR 1775240.
  2. ^ "Swallows, Amazons and Adventure: Part 1". Exploring Arthur Ransome’s Lake District. 21 October 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
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