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Caliban's shore : the wreck of the Grosvenor and the strange fate of her survivors /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Taylor, Stephen, 1948- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton, [2004]
Edition:1st American ed.
Subjects:
Grosvenor (Ship)
Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) > History > To 1795.
Shipwrecks > South Africa > Indian Coast > History > 18th century.
Castaways > South Africa > Pondoland > History > 18th century.
Indian Coast (South Africa) > History > 18th century.
Pondoland (South Africa) > History > 18th century.
Le Cap (Afrique du Sud : Province) > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1795.
Naufragés > Afrique du Sud > Pondoland > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Pondoland (Afrique du Sud) > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Castaways.
Shipwrecks.
South Africa > Cape of Good Hope.
South Africa > Indian Coast.
South Africa > Pondoland.
Schiffbrüchiger
Pondoland
To 1799
Geschichte 1782-1791.
History.
Online Access:Table of contents
Description
Summary: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.
Physical Description:xvi, 297 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-267) and index.
ISBN:0393050858
9780393050851