ISBN: 9781741141306 - the life of george bass: surgeon and sailor of the enlightenment (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. 1st Edition. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Colour plates an black & white maps. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 259 pages. The brilliant and charismatic Bass embodied the Age of Enlightenment. He was intensely intellectually curious, has wide ranging talents and contradictions as well. A skilled surgeon, and navigator who preferred navigation to medicine. The author brings the benefit of extensive research in archives & libraries from around the world to present a richly detailed account of the life and mysterious disappearance of this gifted, but complicated, man.…

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. The books appears to be unread and has a little dust on the top edge. The jacket has a tiny hint of shelf wear only. On 5 February 1802, the 142-ton brig Venus cleared Sydney heads to begin a trading voyage through the islands of the Pacific. On board as captain was one of her owners, the surgeon, navigator, adventurer and now entrepreneur George Bass. Neither Bass nor the Venus completed the voyage. They simply vanished into the Pacific. The questions are many. Was the Venus wrecked on the coast of New Zealand? Did the ship sink in a storm? Or, as some reports suggest, did Bass reach South America only to be incarcerated by the Spanish? The brilliant and charismatic Bass embodied the Age of Enlightenment. He was a man of intense intellectual curiosity, of wide-ranging talents and contradictions. He had friends among Sydney's political radicals' but was also of the establishment. He was a skilled surgeon who preferred navigation to medicine, a naval officer who put his career on hold in an attempt to make a fortune and a man deeply in love but who abandoned his beloved Bess Bass' for the rewards of an adventurous voyage into commerce. In The Life of George Bass lie all the elements of personality and circumstance that shaped this short but remarkable life. Miriam Estensen brings to bear exhaustive research in archives and libraries around the world, and her characteristic subtlety and insight to present a richly detailed account of the life and mysterious disappearance of this gifted and very complicated man.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Light wear to jacket. Minimal sunning to spine. No tears. Book very clean. Binding tight. 259pp Size: 160mm x 235mm. Book.