Visit : The sinking of the Meduse

On 17 June 1816, in the harbour of Aix, the frigate La Méduse, accompanied by three other ships, weighed anchor for Senegal. On 17 July 1816, the brig l'Argus found the last 15 occupants of the Argus July 1816, the brig l'
raft on which some of the shipwrecked Méduse had taken refuge.
Follow the sequence of events between these two dates and the repercussions of this shipwreck, which was a source of inspiration for the painter Théodore Géricault, whose Musée Hèbre holds an old copy of the famous painting, produced in 1868 by Etienne Ronjat.

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