Oxford and Empire Network
Oxford and Empire Podcast: Pitt Rivers Catamaran
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Provided by Morgan Breene.
Morgan Breene
DPhil History Student
History DPhil student, Morgan Breene, contextualizes the catamaran displayed in the Pitt Rivers' Museum. Part of the Oxford and Empire series.
For more on the Catamaran check out Morgan's article on our Research Page:
Podcast Resources
Figure 1 The main hall of the Pitt Rivers Museum. Can you spot the boats? (Pitt Rivers Museum, https://www.glam.ox.ac.uk/pitt-rivers)
Figure 2 The Pitt Rivers Catamaran suspended from the balcony. Photo by author.
Figure 3 Half-page illustration of a Catamaran-man published in the Illustrated London News, 1858. Such illustrations convey the movement of the catamaran in ways the stationary physical object cannot.
Figure 4 Image of a fishing catamaran, circa 1920s. From Hornell (1946) Plate 10 A.
