Narrative and Successful Result of a Voyage in the South Seas - Performed By Order of Government of British India, to Ascertain

Klappentext A two-volume account, published in 1829, of the sensational discovery of two French ships wrecked in the Pacific in 1788. Zusammenfassung Trader and adventurer Peter Dillon (1788–1847) spent much of his life in the Pacific. When he discovered artefacts from a lost French expedition, his familiarity with Pacific Islander cultures enabled him to establish its fate, and acquire many items from the shipwrecks. This two-volume 1829 publication tells the story. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introduction; 1. Voyage in the South Seas; 2. Negociation with the government of British India; 3. Occurrences from Calcutta to Van Dieman's Land; 4. Occurrences at Van Dieman's Land; 5. Occurrences from Van Dieman's Land to Port Jackson; 6. Occurrences from Port Jackson to New Zealand; 7. Occurrences at New Zealand; 8. Occurrences from New Zealand to Tonga.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Dillon, Dillon Peter
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2017
• EAN: 9781108083331
• ISBN: 978-1-108-08333-1
• No. of pages: 390
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Maritime Exploration; Narrative and Successful Result of a Voyage in the South Seas 2 Volume Set
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General