Benjamin Morrell

A Narrative of Four Voyages

To the South Sea, North and South Pacific Ocean, Chinese Sea, Ethiopic and Southern Atlantic Ocean, Indian and Antarct

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Produktbeschreibung

Published in 1832, the controversial memoirs of an American sealer and explorer, charting his voyages in the Pacific and Antarctic.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 506
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. April 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 707g
• ISBN-13: 9781108070805
• ISBN-10: 1108070809
• Artikelnr.: 40871279

Inhaltsangabe

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Introduction
Part I. First Voyage: 1. Thoughts on a polar expedition
2. Departure from Rio Janeiro
3. The Falkland Islands
4. Desolation Island
5. Erroneous ideas corrected
6. Strait of Magellan
7. Commence surveying the western coast of South America
8. Bay of Conception and port of Talcaguano
9. A discovery
10. Island of Masafuero
Part II. Second Voyage: 1. Preparations for the second voyage
2. Peninsula de Tres Montes
3. Bay and city of Valdivia
4. The port of Callao
5. Cocos island
6. A hunting excursion
7. Sail from the Sandwich Islands
8. Isthmus of Darien
9. Surrender of the castle of Callao
Part III. Third Voyage: 1. The schooner Antarctic
2. Island of Bonavista
3. The Cape of Good Hope
4. Excursion into the interior
5. Robben or Penguin Island
6. Visit to a slave brig
7. A sister's inquiry for the brother
Part IV. Fourth Voyage: 1. Departure of the Antarctic
2. Island of Tristan d'Acunha
3. New-Zealand
4. New discoveries
5. Sail from Manilla
6. Massacre Islands
7. Sail from Manilla
8. Monteverdeson's group
9. Massacre Islands
10. New-Britain
11. Disappointed hopes.