Download or read book Narrative of the Shipwreck of the Sophia written by Charles Cochelet and published by . This book was released on 1822 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charles Cochelet sailed from Nantes on May 14, 1819 on the brig Sophia, (Captain Scheult). The Captain tried to sight the Madeiras and the Canaries, but was baffled by the winds and let the currents sweep his ship too far to the eastward. On May 30 the ship went aground on the coast of Africa. M. Cochelet and his companions were captured by the desert Arabs, and enslaved. They were sold and resold, and at last reached Mogadore, where he was ransomed, and finally arrived back in France, at Marseilles, February 8, 1820.