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Death of Captain Cook: and other writings by David Samwell de Nicholas Thomas

Death of Captain Cook: and other writings by David Samwell

Editat de Nicholas Thomas, Martin Fitzpatrick, Jenny Newell
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 iul 2007
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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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780708320730
ISBN-10: 0708320732
Pagini: 180
Dimensiuni: 213 x 137 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.35 kg
Editura: University of Wales Press
Colecția University of Wales Press
Locul publicării:United Kingdom

Notă biografică

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.

Cuprins

List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. David Samwell: an eventful career
Martin Fitzpatrick
 
2. David Samwell on his hobby horse
Martin Fitzpatrick
 
3. David Samwell: Pacific ethnographer and historian
Nicholas Thomas
 
Notes on the texts
A Narrative of the Death of Captain James Cook
 
The correspondence of David Samwell
The poetry of David Samwell
Glossary of Hawaiian names
Select bibliography
Index