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(Subject: Other Topics - Diverse Subjects) Inspired by Robert Drury's Journal of Captivity on the island which the author became aware of during an archeological investigation into burial customs. The resulting unravelling of a 270 year old literary puzzle involves pirates, shipwrecks and slavery, and new insights into life on Madagascar and the Tandroy people. (Published: 2002) (Publisher: Sutton Publishing) (ISBN: 0750929383) (Pagination: 217pp ills) (Condition: new in dw) UL-XXXXXX.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. 1st Edition. A British archaeologist discovers the startling truth about Robert Drury and the story of his escape from Madagascar. Drury's book 'Madagascar, or Robert Drury's Journal' was published in 1729 and long thought to be fiction.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First Edition. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed and edge worn. Tightly bound and presented beautifully in cellophane. The text within the book is clear. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Etat : good. Fast & Free Shipping â" Good condition with a solid cover and clean pages. Shows normal signs of use such as light wear or a few marks highlighting, but overall a well-maintained copy ready to enjoy. Supplemental items like CDs or access codes may not be included.

Etat : New. &Uumlber den AutorrnrnMike Parker PearsonKlappentextThis book presents the results of archaeological research in the extreme south of Madagascar between 1991 and 2003, and provides a synthesis of the region s archaeo.

Soft cover. Etat : New. xxxv, 725 pages : illustrations, maps ; 30 cm. Summary also in French and Malagasy. This book presents the results of archaeological research in the extreme south of Madagascar between 1991 and 2003, and provides a synthesis of the region's archaeology. Madagascar is an island with many unique species of fauna and flora; its extreme south is a semi-arid region with remarkable vegetational adaptations. Before the arrival of humans, there were many species of megafauna of which the most extraordinary were the flightless elephant birds, the largest avian species in the world. Today the inhabitants of the south have adapted to this aridity with a vibrant culture and strong traditions. The dating of the first colonisation of Madagascar is not certain, but certain sites in the southwest have provided radiocarbon dates towards the end of the first millennium BC. From the tenth to thirteenth century, there was a well-developed civilisation in the south. During the fourteenth century, population numbers fell in the far south and the majority of settlements from this period are found in locationschosen for their defensive aspects. The way of life that evolved in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries is similar to that of recent times and today. Europeans arrived at the beginning of the sixteenth century and, by the mid-seventeenth century, the French had established a colony at Fort-Dauphin on the southeast coast. The people of the south are well known today for their large and elaborate stone tombs and standing stones. However, this is not a particularly ancient tradition. Before the appearance of these monumental funerary constructions, burials were marked by arrangements of small stone uprights or by wooden palisades. The large stone tombs that are such a dominant feature of today's landscape have their origins in standing-stone monuments around the end of the eighteenth century.