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228 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780859891349
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: University of Exeter Press
Publication date: 30 October 1983
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In 1857 Everard Digby published the first scientific treatise on swimming - and one of the first on any modern sport. Nicholas Orme rehabilitates Digby as a pioneer of the history of sport. The book opens with a history of swimming in Britain from...
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228 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780859891349
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: University of Exeter Press
Publication date: 30 October 1983
Description
In 1857 Everard Digby published the first scientific treatise on swimming - and one of the first on any modern sport. Nicholas Orme rehabilitates Digby as a pioneer of the history of sport. The book opens with a history of swimming in Britain from...
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