In Search of Robinson CrusoeBasic Books, 29 במאי 2002 - 333 עמודים For nearly three centuries, Robinson Crusoe has been the archetypal castaway, the symbol of survival in uninhabited wilds. In this book, Tim Severin adds this enterprising hero to the roster of legendary figures whose adventures he's replicated and whose origins he's explored. With the signature approach to literary and historical sleuthing that has led the New York Times to describe him as "original, audacious, and exuberant," Severin uncovers the seaman's world that captured Daniel Defoe's imagination, recounting dramatic survival stories of sailors, pirates, castaways, and native Americans and replicating their journeys to experience for himself the adventures that inspired Robinson Crusoe. He camps on islands that famous castaways once survived on, undertakes a perilous sea voyage, and searches Nicaragua and Honduras for the Miskutu Indians, the tribe that the model for Crusoe's companion, Friday, belonged to. Tim Severin has once again demonstrated a superb ability to bring together literature, history and adventure in an engrossing narrative. |
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aboard Alexander Selkirk anchor anchorage Andrew Powery arrived ashore Barbados Bartholomew Sharpe beach began Betagh Big Cay birds boat buccaneers canoe Captain Captain Rowe Caribbean castaways catboat catch Cayman Cinque Ports coast coral crew Crusoe's Cumberland Bay Dampier Daniel Defoe deck Defoe Defoe's dugout feet fire fish four goats hand Henry Pitman Honduras hull ina duled Indian island Juan Fernandez Kalidonia Kendra Kuna land Leonidas Lionel Wafer lived looked mainland Managuan maroons miles Miskito Murdo musket night paddled pirates Puerto Cabezas reef river Robinson Crusoe rocks Safel sahila sail sailors Salt Tortuga sand Sandy Bay seals Serrana Serrana Bank Shelvocke Shelvocke's ship ship's shore Siriaku skiff Spaniards Spanish Speedwell stay surgeon took trees Trondur turned turtle Uring vessel village voyage Wafer waiting walked waves Whicker William Dampier wind wooden Woodes Rogers wreck Ziska
הפניות לספר זה
English/British Naval History to 1815: A Guide to the Literature <span dir=ltr>Eugene L. Rasor</span> אין תצוגה מקדימה זמינה - 2004 |