The voyages and manifesto of William Fergusson, a surgeon of the East India Company 1731-1739 / edit...
The voyages and manifesto of William Fergusson, a surgeon of the East India Company 1731-1739 / edit...
The voyages and manifesto of William Fergusson, a surgeon of the East India Company 1731-1739 / edited by Derek L. Elliott.
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Publisher
Abingdonm, Oxon ; New York : Routledge for the Hakluyt Society London, 2021.
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G 2021/4148
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Language
English
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Physical content
xviii, 4 unnumbered pages of coloured plates, 185 pages : illustrations, maps, plans, facsimiles ; 26 cm.
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Ship's surgeons of the early-modern era -- William Fergusson, apprentice apothecary-surgeon -- European medicine and the Indian Ocean world -- A manifesto of the enlightenment -- The Text -- Voyage 1 : Passage from Ayr to London, 7 June-16 July 1731 -- Voyage 2 : London to Calcutta, 30 January 1733-...
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Publisher
Abingdonm, Oxon ; New York : Routledge for the Hakluyt Society London, 2021.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2021.
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Summary
"This volume brings to publication for the first time the manuscript of William Fergusson, a Scottish shipʼs surgeon who sailed for the East India Company in the 1730s. Written in 1767, while in retirement, Fergussonʼs diaries are the memories of his youth spent travelling the world during his apprenticeship. They detail the four voyages he took, t...
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The voyages and manifesto of William Fergusson, a surgeon of the East India Company 1731-1739 / edited by Derek L. Elliott.
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Works issued by the Hakluyt Society. Third series, No. 37
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2021.
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G 2021/4148
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74VKaOgzlkOl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaOgzlkOl
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ISBN
9780367713911 hardback
DDC
610.92
MMS ID
991024378917002626
