Author:

Lamb, Jonathan 1945-  Search this

Physical description:

xii, 345 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Type:

Books

Place:

Oceania

Date:

2001

C2001

Contents:

Introduction -- Political theories of the self -- The romance of navigation -- Science and collecting -- Scurvy -- The Polynesian person and the spread of leprosy -- Void contracts and subtle islands -- Patriots in paradise -- Starlings and parrots; Keate and sympathy -- The settlement of New Zealand

Topic:

Travelers' writings, English--History and criticism  Search this

British--History  Search this

Travel writing--History  Search this

Self in literature  Search this

Description and travel  Search this

In literature  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_679173