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Caliban's shore : the wreck of the Grosvenor and the strange fate of her survivors

Recounts the 1782 shipwreck of one of the East India Company's most prestigious ships, describing how ninety-one crew members and thirty-four wealthy passengers found themselves stranded on the unexplored coast of southeast Africa.

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Main Author: Taylor, Stephen, 1948-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton, ©2004.
Edition:1st American ed.
Subjects and Genres:
Grosvenor (Ship)
Shipwrecks > South Africa > Indian Coast > History > 18th century.
Castaways > South Africa > Pondoland > History > 18th century.
Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) > History > To 1795.
Indian Coast (South Africa) > History > 18th century.
Pondoland (South Africa) > History > 18th century.
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Call Number: DT 1813 .T395 2004
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