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A Journal of a Voyage round the World, in His Majesty's Ship Endeavour: In the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, and 1771, Undertaken in Pursuit of Natural Knowledge, at the Desire of the Royal Society: Cambridge Library Collection - Maritime Exploration

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en Limba Engleză Paperback – 26 apr 2015
This slim volume, published anonymously in 1771 within months of the Endeavour's return from Captain Cook's first voyage, predates Hawkesworth's publication of Cook's own journal in his Voyages (1773, also reissued). It has been attributed variously to two of the ship's petty officers (Orton and Perry); Sydney Parkinson, draughtsman; his employer Joseph Banks; or the Swedish botanist Solander. The story moves rapidly, with well-chosen detail: mines that 'destroy two thousand slaves yearly', or the brown granite of a communal laundry. The author describes marine animals, Tahitian and New Zealand society, and foodstuffs including a 'large milky farinaceous fruit, which when baked resembles bread' - the breadfruit that Joseph Banks later decided to introduce to the Caribbean, leading to the ill-fated Bounty voyage (Bligh's account of which is also reissued). The author reports making 'considerable progress in learning the language of the country', and concludes with a short list of Tahitian words.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781108082600
ISBN-10: 1108082602
Pagini: 140
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 8 mm
Greutate: 0.21 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria Cambridge Library Collection - Maritime Exploration

Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cuprins

A journal of a voyage round the world; A concise vocabulary of the language of Otahitee.

Descriere

A highly readable, fast-moving and closely observed account of Cook's first voyage to the Pacific, originally published anonymously in 1771.