Lost on the Map: A Memoir of Colonial Illusions

by Bryan Rostron

Lost on the Map is Bryan Rostron’s personal reckoning with his family’s extraordinary colonial legacy, echoing down to the present in South Africa. The story begins with the ‘discovery’ of Tahiti in 1767 by an ancestor – from whose logbook, Rostron discovered the bizarre truth behind a cherished family legend. This scandalous saga proved to be the first of many shocking revelations and delightful surprises.

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Lost on the Map: A Memoir of Colonial Illusions by Bryan Rostron