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Far-fetched facts [electronic resource] : the literature of travel and the idea of the South Seas / Neil Rennie.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rennie, Neil.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Oceania--In literature.
- Oceania.
- Oceania--Description and travel.
- Travel in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource ([viii], 330p., [8]p. of plates) : ill.
- Other Title:
- Far-fetched facts
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Clarendon, 1998.
- Summary:
- Neil Rennie's study examines the history of the literature of travel, real and imaginary, from classical times onwards. He focuses especially on the early accounts of the New World and the South Sea islands that lay beyond.
- Notes:
- Originally published: 1995.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780191674471 (ebook) :
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