Preserving the Self in the South Seas, 1680-1840

by Jonathan Lamb

Book Overview

In the literature of South Seas exploration the violence, wonder, and nostalgia of voyaging are vivid. This volume charts the sensibilities of the lonely figures that encountered the new and exotic in... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226468496
• ISBN13: 9780226468495
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"