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Article: Medusa: The Shipwreck, the Scandal, the Masterpiece.(Brief article)(Book review)
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- Contemporary Review
- Article date:
- December 22, 2007
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2007 Contemporary Review Company Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Medusa: The Shipwreck, the Scandal, the Masterpiece. Jonathan Miles. Jonathan Cape. [pounds sterling]17.99. xiii + 334 pages. ISBN 978-0-224-07303-5. This is the masterful story of one of the world's most famous shipwrecks and paintings. The Medusa was one of the ships sent by Paris to retake Senegal in 1816. It ran aground and 146 men and one woman were placed on a raft to be towed to safety. The raft was then cut loose in the Atlantic and of the 147, fifteen survived. Of these two wrote up their experiences, which included ...
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Article: Medusa Corporation Subsidiary Changes Name
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September 30, 1996 ;
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...CLEVELAND, Sept. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Medusa Corporation (NYSE: MSA) announced that ... Pennsylvania, has changed its name to Medusa Minerals Company, effective October 1, 1996. Medusa Corporation includes Medusa Cement Company ...
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