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In search of the red slave : shipwreck and captivity in Madagascar / Mike Parker Pearson & Karen Godden.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Parker Pearson, Michael, 1957-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Drury, Robert, 1687-1734?.
- Shipwreck victims--Madagascar.
- Shipwreck victims.
- Antandroy (Malagasy people).
- Madagascar.
- Local Subjects:
- Drury, Robert, 1687-1734?.
- Physical Description:
- v, 217 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color), color portraits ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Stroud : Sutton, 2002.
- Summary:
- Pirates, shipwreck and slavery -- these are the key themes in the story of a young Englishman who spent fourteen years of his life in captivity in Madagascar in the eighteenth century. A tale that has been more or less forgotten for centuries is brought back to life through archaeological research and exploration in the forests of Madagascar.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0750929383
- OCLC:
- 50055780
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