Four travel journals: the Americas, Antarctica and Africa, 1775-1874
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Aldershot, England Ashgate ©2007
Schriftenreihe:Works issued by the Hakluyt Society 3rd ser., no. 18
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 382-384) and indexes
The 1775 journal of Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra / translated ... and edited by Herbert K. Beals -- Journal of HMS Beagle in the Straits of Magellan / by Pringle Stokes ; edited by R.J. Campbell -- Journal kept by midshipman Joseph Henry Kay during the voyage of HMS Chanticleer, 1828-1831 / edited by Ann Savours and Anita McConnell -- "A dangerous and toilsome journey": Jacob Wainwright's diary of the transportation of Dr. Livingstone's body to the coast, 4 May, 1873-18 February, 1874 / translated ... and edited by Roy Bridges
This volume offers annotated texts with biographical and historical introductions of four previously unpublished travel journals from the period 1775-1874. The first is an account of a Spanish expedition sent from Mexico to explore the north-west coast of America in 1775, the second an account from a surveying operation in the Straits of Magellan in 1827. The third item is the diary of a voyage of 1828-31 to make observations in the South Atlantic to determine the shape of the Earth and to ascertain the longitudes of a number of ports. The final text is the remarkable record, by the freed Afri
Beschreibung:x, 404 pages
ISBN:9781472460776
1472460774
9780904180909
0904180905

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