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Alexandre Corréard

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Alexandre Corréard (8 October 1788 – 16 February 1857) was a French engineer and geographer. He graduated from the engineering school Arts et Métiers ParisTech. He is known for escaping the French frigate Méduse shipwreck and working with Théodore Géricault when he was painting The Raft of the Medusa.[1]

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  1. ^ "Naufrage de la frégate "La Méduse" : faisant partie de l'expédition du Sénégal en 1816 ([Reprod.]) / par A. Corréard... et H. Savigny,... | Gallica". 2019-10-04. Archived from the original on 2019-10-04. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
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