Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Towser Towson

“Its title was, ‘An Inquiry into some Points of Seamanship,’ by a man Towser, Towson—some such name—Master in his Majesty’s Navy” (37).

The book Marlow references, An Inquiry into some Points of Seamanship, appears to be a combination of several different books: a manual on seamanship written by Alfred Henry Alston, two books by J.T. Towson filled with navigation tables, and An Inquiry Relative to Various Important Points of Seamanship, written by Nicholas Tinmouth.


Works Cited:
Tredell, Nicolas, ed. Joseph Conrad : Heart of Darkness. New York: Columbia UP, 1999. 164-65. Google Book Search. 26 Aug. 2008 . http://books.google.com/books?id=utiivlf37bsc&pg=pa165&lpg=pa165&dq=an+inquiry+relative+to+various+important+points+of+seamanship&source=web&ots=k_vtyjz5bw&sig=kj5yd0qbw3efptow1ptfpg_lwhm&hl=en&sa=x&oi=book_result&resnum=8&ct=result#ppa165,m1

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