François Édouard Raynal
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François Édouard Raynal (8 July 1830 – 28 April 1898) was a French sailor best known for his involvement in the ''Grafton'' shipwreck at the
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. He wrote a popular account of the voyage, ''Les Naufragés, ou Vingt mois sur un récif des îles Auckland'' which was translated into English as ''Wrecked on a Reef''. The 2003 English edition of ''Wrecked On A Reef'' (1869) has additional appendices by French scholar Christiane Mortelier who presents a case for the influence of Raynal's book on
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's ''
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''. ''Wrecked On A Reef'' was very popular at the time of publication, being translated into multiple
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. According to Mortelier, Verne read Raynal's account and loosely based his novel on the true life story of shipwreck, survival, privation, and ultimate rescue.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Raynal, Francois Edouard 1830 births 1898 deaths French sailors History of the New Zealand outlying islands