Description

The Caliban Shore by Stephen Taylor

The Tale of the Grosvenor Castaways. The Grosvenor was one of the finest East Indiamen of her day, a 3-masted square-rigger of 741 tons with an armament of 26 cannon. When she ran aground on the treacherous coast of south-east Africa in 1782, an astonishing number of her crew and passengers, including women & children, reached the shore safely. But the castaways were hundreds of miles from the nearest European outpost – and utterly ignorant of their surroundings, & the people among who they found themselves. Drawing on much new research, this book pieces together this extraordinary saga, revealing the misunderstandings that led to the tragedy, and telling the story of those who escaped & unravels the mystery of those who stayed.

Features;

• Publisher Faber and Faber, London; 2004
• Blue Cloth Hardback, 297 pp
• Illustrated with colour and b/w plates
• Size 240 x 160mm, 800g
• ISBN 0 571 21067 8

Condition: Very Good – Very Good Unclipped DJ, No Inscriptions, Very Good Copy

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