Henry Smeathman, the Flycatcher

This book enriches our understanding of Romanticism and colonialism by telling the story of Henry Smeathman (1742-86), natural historian and sentimental traveller whose extraordinary life in West Africa and the West Indies provides us with vivid, eye-witness accounts of Atlantic slavery, the Middle Passage, and the difficulties of collecting in the tropics.

Aceasta carte ne imbogateste intelegerea romantismului si a colonialismului, povestind povestea lui Henry Smeathman (1742-86), istoric natural si calator sentimental, a carui viata extraordinara din Africa de Vest si din Indiile de Vest ne ofera povestiri vii, martor ocular, despre sclavia Atlanticului Pasajul de mijloc si dificultatile de colectare la tropice.