The First Mate's Log

by R.G. Collingwood

R. G. Collingwood (1889-1943) was a very influential philosopher and historian who taught at Oxford throughout his career. Just before the Second World War broke out, Collingwood joined a group of Oxford students on a sailing voyage to the Greek islands, on which he served as first mate and ship's carpenter. This book is his remarkable diary of that voyage.

263 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 2003

About the author

Robin George Collingwood was an English philosopher and historian. Collingwood was a fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford, for some 15 years until becoming the Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy at Magdalen College, Oxford.