James Burney

A Chronological History of the Discoveries in the South Sea or Pacific Ocean

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Standard reference collection of summaries of European voyages of discovery between 1492 and 1764, first published between 1803 and 1817.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 504
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 297mm x 210mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 1294g
• ISBN-13: 9781108024105
• ISBN-10: 1108024106
• Artikelnr.: 32951584

Inhaltsangabe

1. Voyage of the Nassau Fleet, to the South Sea, and to the East Indies; 2.
Of the early intercourse of Europeans with China, and their settlements on
the Island Formosa. Various other events to the year 1638; 3. Voyage of
Captain Matthys Kwast to the sea east of Japan; 4. The Voyage of Captain
Abel Jansen Tasman in the year 1642; 5. Expedition of Hendrick Brouwer to
Chili; 6. Voyage of the ships Kastrikom and Breskens to the north of Japan;
7. Notices of a second voyage of discovery by Tasman. Of the Amsterdam
Stadt-house map of the world; and of the names Hollandia Nova and Zeelandia
Nova; 8. Doubtful relation of a voyage by Bartholomew de Fonte; 9. Brief
notice of the first entrance of the Russians into the sea east of Asia.
Narrative of the wreck of a Dutch ship on the Island Quelpaert, and the
captivity of her crew in the Korea; 10. Western navigation from Europe to
the East Indies. The Island Formosa taken from the Hollanders; 11. Early
instance of the use of time keepers at sea. Of islands marked in the charts
with the name Santa Tecla. Voyage of Jean Baptiste de la Follada; 12.
Commencement of missionary undertakings to the islands in the South Sea;
and settlement of the Ladrone Islands by the Spaniards; 13. Voyage of
Captain John Narbrough to Patagonia and Chili; 14. Trading voyages from
Europe to the South Sea, by Strait le Maire. Attempt by the English East
India Company to re-establish their trade with Japan. Voyage of Thomas
Peche to the Molucca and Philippine Islands, and in search of the Strait of
Anian; 15. Voyage of Antonio de la Rochè. Discovery by the Japanese of the
island Bune-sima, with various other matters; 16. Discoveries made by the
Japanese to the north. Attempts of the Portuguese to renew their trade with
Japan. The name Carolinas given to islands southward of the Marianas. First
mission of the French Jesuits to China. Islas de 1688. Island Donna Maria
de Lajara; Appendix.