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

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Duration: 0:58:41 | Added: 18 May 2015
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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