Buch, Englisch, 382 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 538 g
Buch, Englisch, 382 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 538 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Maritime Exploration
ISBN: 978-1-108-08476-5
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
During Charles Darwin's 1831-6 voyage on the Beagle, his on-board library included 'Cook's voyages' (the edition is not specified). This illustrated 1821 edition, in seven volumes, is representative of the versions available in the early nineteenth century. Volumes 1 and 2 cover the first Pacific voyage of James Cook (1728-79), the object of which was to observe the 1769 transit of Venus from Tahiti. The text replicates the version published in 1773 by John Hawkesworth (1715-73) as part of a collection of 'Voyages. in the Southern Hemisphere', which interwove Cook's account with botanical and ethnographical notes by the ship's naturalist, Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820). The journals were only published separately much later: Cook's in 1893 (ed. Wharton) and Banks' in 1896 (ed. Hooker); both are also available. Volume 2 focuses on New Zealand, Australia, and the explorers' return via Indonesia.
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First Voyage Book II: 7. Range from Cape Turnagain southward; 8. A general account of New Zealand; 9. A description of the inhabitants, their habitations, apparel, ornaments, food, cookery, and manner of life; 10. Of the canoes and navigation of the inhabitants of New Zealand; Book III: 1. The run from New Zealand to Botany Bay, on the east coast of New Holland, now called New South Wales; 2. The range from Botany Bay to Trinity Bay; 3. Dangerous situation of the ship in her course from Trinity Bay to Endeavour River; 4. Transactions while the ship was refitting in Endeavour River; 5. Departure from Endeavour River; 6. Departure from New South Wales; 7. The passage from New South Wales to New Guinea, with an account of what happened upon landing there; 8. The passage from New Guinea to the island of Savu; 9. A particular description of the island of Savu, its produce and inhabitants, with a specimen of their language; 10. The run from the island of Savu to Batavia; 11. Some account of Batavia, and the adjacent country; 12. Some account of the inhabitants of Batavia; 13. The passage from Batavia to the Cape of Good Hope; 14. Our arrival at the Cape of Good Hope, a description of the Cape, and the return of the ship to England.
