The captain and "the cannibal" : an epic story of exploration, kidnapping, and the Broadway stage /

"Sailing the uncharted waters of the Pacific in 1830, Captain Benjamin Morrell of Connecticut became the first outsider to encounter the inhabitants of a small island off New Guinea. The contact quickly turned violent, fatal cannons were fired, and Morrell abducted young Dako, a hostage so shoc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fairhead, James, 1962-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2015.
Colección:New directions in narrative history.
Temas:
Morrell, Benjamin, > 1795-1839.
Morrell, Benjamin, > 1795-1839 > Travel > Papua New Guinea.
Dako.
1800-1899
Ship captains > Connecticut > Biography.
Indigenous peoples > Papua New Guinea > Biography.
First contact (Anthropology) > Papua New Guinea > History > 19th century.
Kidnapping > Papua New Guinea > History > 19th century.
Sideshows > New York (State) > New York > History > 19th century.
Capitaines de navire > Connecticut > Biographies.
Premiers contacts (Anthropologie) > Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Attractions (Spectacles) > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 19e siècle.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > United States > 19th century.
HISTORY > Social History.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Adventurers & Explorers.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
HISTORY > Oceania.
Discoveries in geography.
First contact (Anthropology)
Indigenous peoples.
Kidnapping.
Ship captains.
Sideshows.
Travel.
Papua New Guinea > Description and travel.
Papua New Guinea > Discovery and exploration.
Connecticut.
New York (State) > New York.
Papua New Guinea.
Biography
Biographies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue
  • The Island
  • The Captain
  • At Sea
  • The "Cannibal Show"
  • The Tour
  • The Books
  • Dako, God, and Humanity
  • Fame
  • Return to Dako's Island
  • Missing
  • Tables Turned
  • Sydney Respite
  • Dako's Dominion
  • Shipwreck
  • Morrell Adrift
  • Father and Son
  • The Lost Colony
  • Epilogue: The "Cannibal" and the Captain.

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