The Skeleton Coast of Namibia is a harsh and desolate land, and the final resting place of thousands of shipwrecks.
Category: African Shipwrecks
The Raft of the Medusa
The French frigate Medusa wrecked in 1816 off the coast of modern Mauritania. The survivors, left on a makeshift raft, endured starvation, dehydration, and cannibalism before rescue. The incident sparked public outrage and inspired Théodore Géricault’s famous painting “The Raft of the Medusa.”