Author: Murray, John A (Ed. By):
Title: The Islands And The Sea: Five Centuries of Nature Writing from the Caribbean.
Description: Oxford University Press, 1991 Hard cover olive green paper bds with turquoise cloth to spine, Nr Fine, bk leans a little, unclipped dust jacket, Nr Fine, contents fine and tight, pp329. Contents range from: The First Letter of Columbus; A Gererall Historie of the Indies; Th eSea Turtles of the Caribbean Islands; the Voiage of Captain Rene Laudonniere to Florida; The Discoverie of the Large, Rich and Beautiful Empire of Guiana; A True Reportory of the Wrack; A Plague of Rats Upon Bermuda; The Manatee or Sea Cow; Robinson Crusoe; A Country Walk in Antigua; The Alligator; Cay Bonito, Cuba; A Horseride Over the Portland Mountains, Jamaica to Cancun and Cozumel; The Grand Tour Up River; La Pelee; The Banana Plantations of Costa Rica; Folk Tales of Andros Island, Bahamas; Letter to Maxwell Perkins; The Nature of the Everglades; The World of Reef Flats; Trinidad; The Passing Wisdom of Birds; Bernhardsdorp and The Coral Reef at Akumal etc...etc...

Keywords: Caribbean nature writing natural history Columbus Cozumel Hernando Coretes Indies history Ferdinando de Soto sea turtles Captain Rene Laudonniere Sir John Hawkins Knight West Indies Guiana Wracke 0195066774


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