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The captain and "the cannibal"

by James Fairhead

2015 377 pages eng

Biography & Memoir History Travel
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century HISTORY / Social History BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical Ship captains Indigenous peoples Kidnapping Discovery and exploration Travel Description and travel Biography History

"Sailing the uncharted waters of the Pacific in 1830, Captain Benjamin Morrell of Connecticut became the first outsider to encounter the inhabitants of a small island off New Guinea. The contact quickly turned violent, fatal cannons were fired, and Morrell abducted young Dako, a hostage so shocked b…

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