Narcisse Pelletier

Alphonse Narcisse Pierre Pelletier
Portrait of Narcisse Pelletier published in L'Univers illustré, 14 August 1875
Personal information
Born(1844-01-01)1 January 1844
Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie, Vendée, France
Died28 September 1894(1894-09-28) (aged 50)
Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Atlantique, France
SpouseLouise Désirée Mabileau

Narcisse Pelletier (1 January 1844 – 28 September 1894), born in Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie in the Vendée was a French sailor. He was abandoned in 1858 at the age of 14 on the Cape York Peninsula, in Australia, during the dry season (late September or early October). He was discovered and rescued by an Aboriginal family and went on to live with the Uutaalnganu. They adopted Narcisse who they named Amglo, for the next 17 years, until he was found by the crew of the John Bell on 11 April 1875.[1][2][3][4]

  1. ^ Stephanie Anderson, Cape York castaway, Late Night Live, ABC Radio National, 16 July 2009
  2. ^ Anderson (2009).
  3. ^ Le Fabuleux destin de Narcisse Pelletier (in French)
  4. ^ Constant Merland, Dix-sept ans chez les sauvages : les aventures de Narcisse Pelletier, 1876