Abridging Histories: Capt. James Cook and the Voyages of Reading (1784-)

Professor Michael Suarez, in the Lyell Lectures 2015, urges scholars to remember the books that most readers encountered: the cheaper abridged versions of popular novels and accounts such as Cook's voyages.

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