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Shipwreck survival

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  • An episode in Juvenal's satire XII: in thanks for the escape of their mutual friend Catullus from a shipwreck, Juvenal shows to Corvinus a votive painting depicting Catullus's survival, while putti prepare to sacrifice animals as thank-offerings to the gods. Etching by W. Hollar after R. Streater.
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    Shipwreck and adventures of Monsieur Pierre Viaud / translated and edited by Robin F.A. Fabel.

    Viaud, Pierre. | Date: c1990
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    Survivors of a shipwreck on a raft at sea. Engraving by W. Miller, 185-, after F. Danby, 1824.

    Danby, Francis, 1793-1861. | Date: [between 1850 and 1859?] | Reference: 2491416i
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    Making humans : complete texts with introduction, historical contexts, critical essays / edited by Judith Wilt.

    Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851. | Date: [2003], ©2003
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    A shipwrecked sailor stands on the shore looking up at the sun's rays emerging from the clouds. Stipple engraving by J. Whessell, 1802, after J. Barney.

    Barney, Joseph, 1753-1832. | Date: Jan.y 1 1802 | Reference: 3140275i
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    Überleben auf See : Anlässlich der 300-Jahrfeier der Christian-Albrechts-Universität und der Kieler Woche.

    Marinemedizinisch-Wissenschaftliches Symposium 1965 : Kiel, Germany) | Date: 1965)
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