Cruise of the 'Alert'

In 'Cruise of the 'Alert',' R. W. Coppinger regales the reader with a fascinating chronicle of his four-year sojourn through the remote waters of Patagonia, Polynesia, and the Mascarene islands. With a narrative as fluid as the seas he explores, Coppinger intertwines keen observations of natural history with an anthropological perspective on indigenous cultures. His writing, steeped in the traditi...