Early British Swimming, 55 BC-AD 1719
Early British Swimming, 55 BC-AD 1719
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Request this bookIn 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 the Romans to the sixteenth century, which is followed by an account of Digby's life and work.
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Paperback, 7th Edition
ISBN13: 9780859891349
University of Exeter Press, 1983
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