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Hardcover Henry Smeathman, the Flycatcher: Natural History, Slavery, and Empire in the Late Eighteenth Century Book

ISBN: 1786940531

ISBN13: 9781786940537

Henry Smeathman, the Flycatcher: Natural History, Slavery, and Empire in the Late Eighteenth Century

(Book #2 in the Romantic Reconfigurations Studies in Literature and Culture 1780-1850 Series)

In 1771 Joseph Banks and other wealthy collectors sent a talented, self-taught naturalist to Sierra Leone to collect all things rare and curious, from moths to monkeys. Henry Smeathman's expedition to the West African coast, which coincided with a steep rise in British slave trading in this area, lasted four years during which time he built a house on the Banana Islands, married into the coast's ruling dynasties, and managed to negotiate the tricky...

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