Maiden Voyages and Infant Colonies: Two Women's Travel Narratives of the 1790s (Literature of Travel, Exploration and Empire)

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Review "Within two months of each other in 1791, two English women set sail with their husbands on relief missions to two recently established and far-flung British colonies, Botany Bay on the east coast of New Holland, and Sierra Leone, West Africa. Their narratives shed light on colonialism, gender, and the slave trade." -Booknews Read more