Caliban's Shore: The Wreck of the Grosvenor and the Strange Fate of Her Survivors

Caliban's Shore: The Wreck of the Grosvenor and the Strange Fate of Her Survivors
Author :
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 314
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780393327076
ISBN-13 : 0393327078
Rating : 4/5 (76 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Caliban's Shore: The Wreck of the Grosvenor and the Strange Fate of Her Survivors by : Stephen Taylor

Download or read book Caliban's Shore: The Wreck of the Grosvenor and the Strange Fate of Her Survivors written by Stephen Taylor and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2005-07-17 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recounts the 1782 shipwreck of one of the East India Company's most prestigious ships, describing how ninety-one crew members and thirty-four wealthy passengers found themselves stranded on the unexplored coast of southeast Africa.


Caliban's Shore: The Wreck of the Grosvenor and the Strange Fate of Her Survivors Related Books

Caliban's Shore: The Wreck of the Grosvenor and the Strange Fate of Her Survivors
Language: en
Pages: 314
Authors: Stephen Taylor
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005-07-17 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Recounts the 1782 shipwreck of one of the East India Company's most prestigious ships, describing how ninety-one crew members and thirty-four wealthy passengers
The Caliban Shore
Language: en
Pages: 272
Authors: Stephen Taylor
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-10-04 - Publisher: Faber & Faber

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The 'Grosvenor' was one of the finest East Indiamen of her day, a grand three-masted square-rigger of 741 tons bristling with 26 cannon. When she ran aground on
Caliban's Shore: The Wreck of the Grosvenor and the Strange Fate of Her Survivors
Language: en
Pages: 314
Authors: Stephen Taylor
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005-07-17 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

"This incredible true story reads like the wildest fiction."—Booklist In the summer of 1783 the grandees of the East India Company were horrified to learn tha
Temple Bar
Language: en
Pages: 620
Authors:
Categories:
Type: BOOK - Published: 1899 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Temple Bar
Language: en
Pages: 620
Authors: George Augustus Sala
Categories: English periodicals
Type: BOOK - Published: 1899 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK