George Barrington's Voyage to Botany Bay

Retelling a Convict's Travel Narrative of the 1790s

George Barrington (Autor)

Suzanne L.G. Rickard (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

208 Seiten

2001 | New edition
Leicester University Press (Verlag)
978-0-7185-0185-3 (ISBN)

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This annotated edition identifies the work's original textual sources and illuminates its complex publishing history. It focuses on contemporary debates concerning penal settlement, punishment, racial encounters and the manipulation of knowledge.

In 1791 George Barrington was transported to the penal colony of NSW. Barrington's voyage encouraged British publishers to falsely represent him as author of the first publication attributed to a convict's pen. This edition identifies the work's original sources. Editor from State Library of NSW. Paperback: ISBN 0718501861.

Chronology; introduction; note on the text; "An Impartial and Circumstantial Narrative of the Present State of Botany Bay, in New South Wales", by George Barrington; bibliography of contemporary works atrributed to or about George Barrington (1755-1804).

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.4.2001
Reihe/Serie	Literature of Travel, Exploration & Empire S.
Zusatzinfo	31 illustrations, bibliog , index
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	440 g
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Australien / Neuseeland / Ozeanien
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
ISBN-10	0-7185-0185-3 / 0718501853
ISBN-13	978-0-7185-0185-3 / 9780718501853
Zustand	Neuware