Maiden Voyages and Infant Colonies

Name: Maiden Voyages and Infant Colonies
SKU: 1744663
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Two Women's Travel Narratives of the 1790s

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Paperback / softback

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Literature of Travel, Exploration & Empire S.

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This fully-annotated edition of Anna Maria Falconbridge's "Two Voyages to Sierra Leone" (1794) and Mary Ann Parker's "A Voyage Round the World" (1795) brings together the first published accounts by women of these new sites of British colonization. Laying the texts alongside one another brings into conjunction Britain's concurrent, late-18th-century systems of transportation and resettlement, convictism and slavery. Written as a series of letters to a close female friend, "Two Voyages to Sierra Leone" is primarily concerned to expose the bungling, hypocrisy and greed of an African imperial venture run by some of Britain's leading abolitionists. "A Voyage Round the World" covers social visiting and picnicking, the flora and fauna and observations on many of the colony of Botany Bay's leading players. There are forthright comments on the horrors of transportation and a "manners and customs" portrait of local aborigines.

Release date Australia

October 1st, 1998

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Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Contributor

Edited by Deirdre Coleman

Illustrations

1, black & white illustrations

Pages

266

Series

Literature of Travel, Exploration & Empire S.

Dimensions

156x234x14

ISBN-13

9780718501501

Product ID

1744663

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