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Le Canot Baleinier Du Brig Fran̤ais Le Mercure. Se laisse affaler sous le vent du Brig Americain le Somers et au risque d'etre englouti, sauve 10 hommes de ce batiment, naufrage devant la Vera Cruz.
Hand-colored lithograph by A. Mayer depicting a whaleboat crew from the French Navy brig le Mercure rescuing survivors of the capsized Somers, off Vera Cruz, Mexico. Somers is visible in the right background, on her beam ends.
