Cast Up By the Sea, a Boy's Story (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Bernard, Richard Boyle

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1440074240 ISBN 13 : 9781440074240

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

A vivid, true-life portrait of Samuel Baker, bold explorer of Africa and the Nile, from youth to world-changing journeys.

This biography chronicles the life and travels of Samuel Baker, a relentless explorer whose work helped illuminate the sources of the Nile and the dynamics of 19th-century Africa. It traces his early love of nature and hunting in Ceylon, his move to the African frontier, and his partnership with his wife as they faced immense challenges. Readers meet a man driven by curiosity, courage, and a willingness to endure great hardship in pursuit of discovery.

From river expeditions and desert marches to the dangers of hostile environments and political intrigue, the narrative covers Baker’s key African adventures, his methods, and the scientific aims behind his journeys. It also reflects on his development as a linguist and observer of native life, and on the real-world impact of his explorations alongside contemporaries like Speke and Livingstone.

• Meet the bold explorer who pursued the Nile’s sources and tested theories about the White and Blue Nile.
• Learn about his Abyssinian travels, elephant hunts, and the practical challenges of field exploration.
• See how perseverance, partnership, and careful study shaped a life of discovery.
• Understand the era’s mix of adventure, science, and the complexities of 19th‑century exploration.

Ideal for readers of adventure history and biographies of explorers, this edition brings a clear, engaging account of a life defined by travel, risk, and scientific curiosity.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Cast Up by the Sea puppies out of ponds to try his hand at restoring them to life, then on the failure of his attempts, burying them with honours. Geography and Natural History were favourite studies with him, and a story is told of experiments with gunpowder, resulting in smashed crockery, broken windows, and severe burns. He went first to school at Rottingdean, and after his fathers removal to Highnam Court, two miles from Gloucester, to the College School at Gloucester. He was after that for about two years with a private tutor at Tottenham, and then for a time he went to Frankfort-on-M ain, attending lectures and studying German. It was intended that he should succeed to his fathers business, his elder brother having died in youth, but a very short experience of ofl ce work was enough to show his unsuitability for a commercial career. In 1842 Baker sfather bought Lypiatt Park in Gloucestershire, and here during that year he and his brother John married two sisters, daughters of a neighbouring clergyman, on the same day. John went out to Mauritius to manage their fathers estate there, and Samuel followed to assist him the next year. Two years in Mauritius was enough for Samuel, and in 1845 the spirit of wandering seized him and was not to be denied. He had heard of the big-game shooting in Ceylon, and had made up his mind to go tliere for the hunting, which he did in 1846, accompanied by his wife. After several months spent in shooting game both big and small, he was stricken down with fever, but quickly recovered after his removal to the mountain health resort of Newera-E liya. This beautiful hill station, standing on a tableland between six and seven thousand feet above sea level, was at that time chiefly used as a sanatorium for the British forces in Ceylon, but Baker saw that it was a desirable land to dwell in and to possess, and after his recovery c
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1440074240
• ISBN 13: 9781440074240
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 364
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