Narrative of Voyages to Explore the Shores of Africa, Arabia, and Madagascar
William Fitzwilliam Owen
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Narrative of Voyages to Explore the Shores of Africa, Arabia, and Madagascar

Performed in Hm Ships Leven and Barracouta

Herausgeber: Robinson, Heaton Bowstead
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William Fitzwilliam Owen (1774-1857) was a British naval officer. Between 1821 and 1826 he commanded an expedition to Africa, Arabia and Madagascar with the Royal Navy ships Leven and Barracouta, during which he mapped some 30,000 miles of coastline. His memoirs of the voyage are presented in this two-volume account, first published in 1833. Volume 1 begins by presenting Owen's instructions from the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty and the Hydrographical Office, on which the editor comments that Owen was not given the power to take account of seasonal climate changes. Through Owen's recoll...