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The Death of Captain Cook and Other Writings by David Samwell: PB - Softcover

Thomas, Nicholas; Newell, Jennifer; Fitzpatrick, Martin

 
9780708320730: The Death of Captain Cook and Other Writings by David Samwell: PB
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0708320732 ISBN 13: 9780708320730
Verlag: University of Wales Press - IPSUK, 2007

Inhaltsangabe

No aspect of the voyages of Captain Cook have been more controversial than Cook's death. This book reprints one of the classic accounts of this episode, the vivid and lively narrative by one of the voyage surgeons, David Samwell. Introductory essays contextualize Samwell's contribution within this period of Pacific maritime history.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Prof. Nicholas Thomas is Director of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Cambrdige. He has published extensively and won many awards in the field of cross-cultural research in both the UK and Australia. Dr. Martin Fitzpatrick (retired) was formerly Senior Lecturer at the Department of History and Welsh History, University of Wales, Aberystwyth. He has published widely on eighteenth-century literature, Jenny Newell is Assistant Curator, Pacific and Australian Collection, Department of Ethnography, British Museum and has contributed to a number of publications on eighteenth-century travel/exploration.

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Verlag
University of Wales Press - IPSUK
Erscheinungsdatum
2007
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0708320732
ISBN 13 
9780708320730
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
170
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