5556

Updated: August 9, 2026

Les Roches Bonnes are 8 or 9 leagues from the Isle of Rhé, their position is not exactly determined on the charts. Three knots make a marine league of 5556 meters. These are very large fish which every moment appear on the surface of the water, where they tumble about.

Alexandre Corréard - Narrative of a Voyage to Senegal in 1816: Undertaken by Order of the French Government, Comprising an Account: of the Shipwreck of the Medusa, the Sufferings of the Crew, and the: Various Occurrences on Board the Raft, in the Desert of Zaara, at: St. Louis, and at the Camp of Daccard. to Which Are Subjoined: Observations Respecting the Agriculture of the Western Coast of: Africa, from Cape Blanco to the Mouth of the Gambia.