Scotland's pariah : the life and work of John Pinkerton, 1758-1826 /

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Scotland's Pariah is the first book to examine the remarkable life of John Pinkerton: antiquarian, poet, forger, cartographer, historian, serial adulterer, bigamist, and religious skeptic.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: O'Flaherty, Patrick, 1939-2017 (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Pinkerton, John, > 1758-1826.
Cartographers > Scotland > Biography.
Historians > Scotland > Biography.
Cartographes > Écosse > Biographies.
Historiens > Écosse > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Science & Technology.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geography.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Cartography.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Cartographers.
Historians.
Scotland > Biography.
Écosse > Biographies.
Scotland.
Biography
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Youth, 1758-1781
  • 2. Finding His Way, 1782-1789
  • 3. The Great Work, 1790-1797
  • 4. Reviewer and Geographer, 1798-1802
  • 5. Paris Interlude, 1802-1805
  • 6. The Dishonoured Veteran, 1806-1814
  • 7. A Banished Man, 1815-1826.

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