Caliban's Shore

Name: Caliban's Shore
Brand: W W NORTON & CO
SKU: 9780393327076
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The Wreck of the Grosvenor and the Strange Fate of Her Survivors

Autor: S. Taylor

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Oprawa: Miękka

Wydawca: W W NORTON & CO

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In the summer of 1783 the grandees of the East India Company were horrified to learn that one of the...

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Autor

S. Taylor

Język

Angielski

Oprawa

Książka - Miękka

Data wydania

2005

strony

288

EAN

9780393327076

ISBN

0393327078

Enbook ID

04604349

Wydawca

W W NORTON & CO

Waga

328

Wymiary

167 x 207 x 22

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In the summer of 1783 the grandees of the East India Company were horrified to learn that one of their finest ships, the 741-ton Grosvenor, had been lost on the wild and unexplored coast of southeast Africa. Astonishingly, most of those on board reached the shore safely 91 members of the crew and 34 wealthy, high-born passengers, including women and children. They were hundreds of miles from the nearest European outpost and they were not alone. "They surveyed one another with mutual incomprehension: on the one hand the dishevelled castaways; on the other, black warriors with high conical hairstyles, daubed with red mud..." Drawing upon unpublished material and new research, Stephen Taylor pieces together the strands of this compelling saga, sifting the myths from a reality that is no less gripping. Full of unexpected twists, Caliban's Shore takes the reader to the heart of what is now South Africa, to analyze the misunderstandings that led to tragedy, to tell the story of those who returned, and to unravel the mystery of those who stayed."

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