Far-fetched facts : the literature of travel and the idea of the South Seas
1995, First Edition. Oxford : Clarendon Press. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #476327
ISBN: 0198119755
Physical description; [viii], 330 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; The Distant Past – Far-Fetched Facts – Far-Fetched Facts and Fiction – The Observation of Venus – Aotourou and Omai – Such a Revolution – Of the Cannibals – The Palm-Tree Shall Grow. Subjects; Travel in literature. Oceania – In literature. Oceania – Description and travel – 18th-19th centuries. Travel writing – History and criticism.
Price: €25.00