Crusoe, castaways and shipwreckes in the perilous age of sail / Mike Rendell.

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Rendell, Mike [author.]

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TextPublisher: Yorkshire : Pen & Sword History, 2019Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9781526747488
1526747480
9781526747501
1526747502

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Crusoe, castaways and shipwreckes in the perilous age of sail.DDC classification:

387.509 23

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G540

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Contents:

Cover; Dedication; Book Title; Copyright; Table of Content; Preface; Part One: The Book that Started it All ... ; Chapter 1: Daniel Defoe; Chapter 2: Robinson Crusoe; Part Two: Inspirations for Robinson Crusoe; Chapter 3: Alexander Selkirk; Chapter 4: Henry Pitman; Chapter 5: Robert Knox; Chapter 6: William Dampier; Part Three: Shipwrecked!; By Way of Background; Chapter 7: The Great Storm of 1703; Chapter 8: The Scillies Storm of 1707; Chapter 9: The Loss of HMS Victory in 1744; Chapter 10: The Hurricanes of 1780 and 1782; Plate Section; Chapter 11: Human Error: Fire and Water

Part Four: Other CastawaysChapter 12: The Wreck of the Batavia; Chapter 13: Philip Ashton; Chapter 14: Leendert Hasenbosch; Chapter 15: The Forgotten Slaves of Tromelin; Chapter 16: Captain Bligh and Fletcher Christian; Chapter 17: Charles Barnard; Chapter 18: Conclusion; Bibliography; Image Accreditation; Index

Summary: To mark the 300th anniversary of the publication of Robinson Crusoe, this book looks at some of the stories which inspired Daniel Defoe - stories of bravery, courage, determination and good fortune. It looks at Defoe's life and the monumental success of his novel - sometimes described as being the first in the English language. It also considers some of the reasons why people found themselves cast away - as a result of being wrecked, by being abandoned as a punishment, marooned by pirates - or even out of deliberate choice. Major hurricanes in the 18th Century causing huge damage to shipping and loss of life are also looked at, along with catastrophes when ships were lost, not as a result of battles, but because of human negligence, sheer stupidity and bad luck. The book looks at the astonishing tales of survival in the face of adversity - down in the Falklands, in the Caribbean and off the coast of Australia. It examines perhaps the most astonishing story of them all - sixty slaves abandoned on a desolate treeless island in the Indian Ocean and left there for fifteen years. Amazingly, some survived against all odds. It looks at how being cast away brings out the best in some - and in others the very worst, with stories of murder, rape and betrayal.

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To mark the 300th anniversary of the publication of Robinson Crusoe, this book looks at some of the stories which inspired Daniel Defoe - stories of bravery, courage, determination and good fortune. It looks at Defoe's life and the monumental success of his novel - sometimes described as being the first in the English language. It also considers some of the reasons why people found themselves cast away - as a result of being wrecked, by being abandoned as a punishment, marooned by pirates - or even out of deliberate choice. Major hurricanes in the 18th Century causing huge damage to shipping and loss of life are also looked at, along with catastrophes when ships were lost, not as a result of battles, but because of human negligence, sheer stupidity and bad luck. The book looks at the astonishing tales of survival in the face of adversity - down in the Falklands, in the Caribbean and off the coast of Australia. It examines perhaps the most astonishing story of them all - sixty slaves abandoned on a desolate treeless island in the Indian Ocean and left there for fifteen years. Amazingly, some survived against all odds. It looks at how being cast away brings out the best in some - and in others the very worst, with stories of murder, rape and betrayal.

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