This document stated in substance that there still existed three survivors from the wreck of the 'Britannia,' that these survivors were Captain Grant and two of his men, and that they had found refuge on some land, of which the document gave the latitude, but of which the longitude, effaced by the sea, was no longer legible.
Ce document portait en substance qu'il existait encore trois survivants du naufrage du Britannia, que ces survivants étaient le capitaine Grant et deux de ses hommes, et qu'ils avaient trouvé refuge sur une terre dont le document donnait la latitude, mais dont la longitude, effacée par l'eau de mer, n'était plus lisible.