The Barsden Memoirs (1799-1816): An Australian Transnational Adolescence

ISBN-13: 9780367753535 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 216 str.

Grant Rodwell

Opis

Covering the life of Josephus Henry Barsden from his birth to 16 years of age, the Barsden memoirs cover events from a Sussex smugglers’ inn, a convict ship to the colony of New South Wales, sealing and whaling expeditions to Van Diemen’s Land, and Barsden’s participation in a Tahitian civil war.

Spis treści

Introduction 1. The Barsden memoirs: the transnational paradigm, historicity and veracity 2. Smugglers, convicts and Terra Australis 3. Whaling and sealing in Van Diemen’s Land and Macquarie Island 4. Sandalwood, absconding and the fortunes of a Tahitian civil war 5. The Indo-Pacific Brim and a mysterious near-death experience 6. Epilogue: a return to the polis 7. General analysis and conclusions