Robert Louis Stevenson’in Define Adasinin ilk baskisi 14 Kasim 1883 tarihinde Cassell & Co. tarafindan Londra’da yapildi.
“Cok uzaklardan aramaya geldigimiz ve o zamana kadar HISPANIOLA’daki on yedi insanin hayatina mal olan Flint'in definesiydi bu. Bunu bir araya getirmenin ne kadar cana, ne kadar kan ve huzne, batirilmis kac guzel gemiye, gozleri bagli kalas ustunde yuruyen kac cesur adama, kac top atisina, ne kadar ayiba, yalana ve acimasizliga mal oldugunu ise belki yasayan hic kimse anlatamayacak.”
“That was Flint's treasure that we had come so far to seek and that had cost already the lives of seventeen men from the HISPANIOLA. How many it had cost in the amassing, what blood and sorrow, what good ships scuttled on the deep, what brave men walking the plank blindfold, what shot of cannon, what shame and lies and cruelty, perhaps no man alive could tell.”


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