The Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh: How a Remarkable Woman Crossed Seas and Empires to Become Part of World History

Elizabeth Marsh (1735 -1785) was intrepid, extraordinary, and ahead of her time. Conceived in Jamaica and possibly of mixed-race descent, she was the first woman to publish an account of Morocco in English, and the first to carry out extensive overland explorations in eastern and southern India. In both journeys her close companion was an unmarried man! Marsh spent much time in some of the world’s biggest ports and naval bases including Portsmouth, Calcutta, the Cape, and Gibraltar. She was damaged by the Seven Years War and the American Revolutionary War; and linked through her own migrations with voyages of circumnavigation, and as victim and owner, was involved in three different systems of slavery. Not only was March’s life exceptional, but her experiences were only possible because of her links to the Royal Navy, the East India Company, empire, and international trade.

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Paperback: 417 Pages

Language: English