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Ship of death : a voyage that changed the Atlantic world /
"It is no exaggeration to say that the Hankey, a small British ship that circled the Atlantic in 1792 and 1793, transformed the history of the Atlantic world. This extraordinary book uncovers the long-forgotten story of the Hankey, from its altruistic beginnings to its disastrous end, and descr...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- CHAPTER 1: The Hankey
- CHAPTER 2: The British Colonists
- CHAPTER 3: West Africa
- CHAPTER 4: Cross-Cultural Negotiations
- CHAPTER 5: Death in Bolama
- CHAPTER 6: Grumettas and the Final Days of the “Canabacs� Chickens�
- CHAPTER 7: Yellow Jack Comes to the Caribbean
- CHAPTER 8: Calamity in the United States Capital
- CHAPTER 9: Journal of the Plague Months
- Epilogue: The Living and the Dead
- The Legacy of the Hankey
- NOTES
- GLOSSARY OF PEOPLE AND PLACES OF WEST AFRICA
- A
- BC
- G
- K
- M
- N
- P
- R
- S
- U
- V
- INDEX
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- K
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y
- Z