James Colnett

A Voyage to the South Atlantic and Round Cape Horn Into the Pacific Ocean

For the Purpose of Extending the Spermaceti Whale Fisheries, and Other OB

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Produktbeschreibung

British naval officer James Colnett (1753-1806) served on many voyages during his career. He was a midshipman on Captain Cook's second voyage, and in 1774, he was first to sight New Caledonia, which led to Cook naming Cape Colnett after him. Later in his career, he was in command of the fur-trading expedition that resulted in the Nootka Crisis and near-war between Spain and England. In this book, first published in 1798, Colnett gives an account of the voyage he commanded to the Antarctic in 1793. The expedition's success at charting suitable places for ships to anchor was instrumental to the development of the whaling industry in the area. This book contains accounts and maps of the islands and coastlands visited during the expedition. Among the islands visited were the Galapagos Islands, and Charles Darwin is known to have had a copy of this book on HMS Beagle.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 297mm x 210mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 594g
• ISBN-13: 9781108048354
• ISBN-10: 1108048358
• Artikelnr.: 35456356

Inhaltsangabe

Dedication; Introduction; 1. Passage of the Rattler from England to Rio Janeiro; 2. Attempt to discover Isle Grand
and passage round Cape Horn; 3. Remarks on the navigation round Cape Horn; 4. Route from Cape Horn to making the Coast of Chili
and the Isles St. Felix and St. Ambrose; 5. Route of the Rattler from the Isles Saint Felix and Saint Ambrose
to the Coast of Peru; 6. The Galapagoe Isles; 7. Passage from the Galapoagoe Isles
to Isle Cocas; 8. Route from Isle Cocas
to the Coast of Mexico
and Isles Santo Barto
and Rocka Rartido
from thence to the Coast of California
and account of our cruize in the Gulf of California
with our return to Socoro after searching for Isle St. Thomas; 9. The Rattler quits the Isle of Socoro for the Coast of Mexico: some account of our transactions there
and while we lay an anchor before the Island of Quibo
in the Gulf of Panama
to our arrival at the Isles of the Galapagoes
on and near the Equator; 10. The Rattler leaves the Galapagoe Isles and Coast of Peru
for the Isles Saint Felix and Saint Ambrose
on the Coast of Chili: from thence she rounds Cape Horn
on her passage to Isle Saint Helena
in the Atlantic Ocean; 11. From Isle Saint Helena to England.