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List of contents
List of illustrations
List of maps
Foreword
Chap. I
MACAO
Chap. II
CHRONICLERS
Chap. III
POLAND AND SIBERIA
Chap. IV
KAMCHATKA
Chap. V
STEPANOV’S ACCOUNT
Chap. VI
RYUMIN’S ACCOUNT
Chap. VII
MAURITIUS
Chap. VIII
GENTLEMEN
Chap. IX
LADIES
Chap. X
RETURN FROM PARIS
Chap. XI
IZMAILOV
Chap. XII
SCAPEGOATS.
Chap. XIII
BENYOVSZKY’S ACCOUNTS
Chap. XIV
EXILED TO SIBERIA
Chap. XV
KAMCHATKAN ROMANCES
Chap. XVI
THE GREAT ESCAPE
Chap. XVII
THE FUR-TRADE
Chap. XVIII
A GENTLEMAN PIRATE
Chap. XIX
A VOYAGE NORTH
Chap. XX
THE ISLAND OF LIQUOR
Chap. XXI
WHAT THE JAPANESE THOUGHT
Chap. XXII
THE RYÜKYÜ ISLANDS
Chap. XXIII
FORMOSA
Chap. XXIV
MACAO
Chap. XXV
MAURITIUS
Chap. XXVI
MADAGASCAR - THE PROJECT
Chap. XXVII
MADAGASCAR - THE REALITY
Chap. XXVIII
EUROPE AND AMERICA
Chap. XXIX
RETURN TO MADAGASCAR
Chap. XXX
HISTORIES
Chap. XXXI
A FINAL AUDIT
Appendices
Index
About the author
Andrew Drummond is based in Edinburgh, UK. He holds a degree in Modern Languages from Aberdeen University and a post-graduate degree in German Studies from King’s College, London. His publications include An Abridged History (2004), A Hand-book of Volapük (2006), Elephantina (2008) and Novgorod the Great (2010), the first of which was short-listed for the Saltire Society’s First Book of the Year award, and he has recently had several short stories published in anthologies.
Summary
Published in 1790, Maurice Benyovszky’s posthumous memoir was an instant sensation. A tale of exploration and adventure, it was translated into several languages and adapted for theatre and opera. It explores the veracity of this memoir and, more broadly, the challenges faced by the explorers of the age and the brutality of colonization.
