by JonathanLamb (Author)
This volume charts the sensibilities of the lonely figures that encountered the new and exotic in terra incognita. Jonathan Lamb introduces us to the writings of South Seas explorers, and finds in them unexpected and poignant tales of selves alarmed and transformed.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 328
Edition: 2nd
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 02 Jul 2001
ISBN 10: 0226468496
ISBN 13: 9780226468495