Historical reference record — not independently verified

Shark incident at Antibes, Alpes Maritime, FRANCE — 1864-09-18

ReportedProvokedNon-fatal

What happened

Historical record: Antibes, Alpes Maritime, FRANCE. Recorded date: 1864-09-18. Classification: Provoked.

What is known

Recorded classification: Provoked

What remains uncertain

Historical source match supplied with the recovery material; not independently verified.

Fact panel

Date: 1864-09-18
Date precision: Exact
Location: Antibes, Alpes Maritime, FRANCE
Country: FRANCE
Activity: Dragging a shark
Incident classification: Provoked
Area / state: Alpes Maritime
Person / vessel: fisherman
Sex: M
Outcome: Non-fatal
Species: 1.5 m shark
Species confidence: Reported
Coordinate precision: Unknown

Incident location

Antibes, Alpes Maritime, FRANCE

The recorded area has not yet been matched reliably to the map.

Record interpretation

Historical shark-incident data can contain uncertainty, later reclassification, transcription differences, and conflicting dates or species identifications. This page preserves the recovered classification and explicitly avoids inventing missing facts.

Source and editorial provenance

Source: GSAF-derived structured public mirror (sascha-pst/bullish_on_sharks/global_shark_attacks.csv)

Source URL: https://github.com/sascha-pst/bullish_on_sharks/blob/main/global_shark_attacks.csv

Where the source does not record a victim, age, injury, time, or shark identification, that field remains Not recorded.

Sources and verification

GSAF-derived structured public mirror (sascha-pst/bullish_on_sharks/global_shark_attacks.csv) — github.com
Supports: Historical incident fields; supplied source match, not independent verification

Shark incident records can change as investigations develop. This page shows the current verification status and was last restored from supplied historical reference material on 2026-09-25.

Historical facts retain the provenance and uncertainty of the cited references. Source timestamps record when the supplied material was imported, not an independent source retrieval or verification.

Supplementary content updated: 2026-09-24. This does not change the original verification status or review date.