The Cruise of the Alerte

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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