Cornwall

Retracing Daniel Defoe's 18th Century journey, John Pickford arrives in Cornwall.

But what has happened to the fishing, farming, and tin mining communities Defoe wrote about in the 18th Century?

19 August 2002

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26 minutes

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This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project