The death of Captain Cook and other writings
By: by David Samwell ; edited by Martin Fitzpatrick, Nicholas Thomas and Jennifer Newell
Contributors: Thomas, Nicholas, 1960-; Fitzpatrick, Martin, 1944-; Newell, Jennifer
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Cardiff
Language: eng; wel
Number of pages: 170
ISBN-13: 9780708319680; 9780708320730
Subjects: Cook, James, -- 1728-1779 -- Death and burial; Cook, James, -- 1728-1779 -- Travel -- Pacific Area; Samwell, David, -- 1751-1798 -- Correspondence; Ship physicians -- Correspondence
Genres: Correspondence
Description: "This book not only makes Samwell's The Death of Captain James Cook readily available for the first time, but presents it with previously unpublished lively letters relating to Cook's last voyage, and examples of the surgeon's own poetry giving us fresh insight into Samwell's character and into the various worlds he inhabited."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [160]-163) and index