The voyage of George Vancouver, 1791-1795. Volume 1 /

Four of the greatest maritime exploring expeditions were crammed into two decades late in the 18th century - Cook's third voyage, the French expedition commanded by La Pérouse, the Malaspina expedition sent out by Spain, and George Vancouver's Voyage of Discovery. All four visited the nor...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Vancouver, George, 1757-1798
Otros Autores: Lamb, W. Kaye (William Kaye), 1904-1999
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2010.
Colección:Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; 2nd ser., 163.
Temas:
Voyages around the world > Early works to 1800.
Voyages autour du monde > Ouvrages avant 1800.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geography.
TRAVEL > Budget.
TRAVEL > Hikes & Walks.
TRAVEL > Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.
TRAVEL > Parks & Campgrounds.
Voyages around the world.
Northwest Coast of North America > Early works to 1800.
Northwest Passage > Early works to 1800.
Nord-Ouest, Côte (Amérique du Nord) > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Nord-Ouest, Passage du > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Arctic Ocean > Northwest Passage.
North America > Northwest Coast of North America.
Early works.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover ; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS; ABBREVIATIONS USED IN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES; INTRODUCTION; SOURCES; A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY... ROUND THE WORLD
  • JANUARY 1791
  • JANUARY 1792; ILLUSTRATIONS; PLATES; 1. CAPTAIN GEORGE VANCOUVER; 2. PLAN OF THE DISCOVERY; 3. ELEVATION OF THE DISCOVERY; 4. THE DISCOVERY AS A CONVICT HULK AT DEPTFORD; 5. VANCOUVER'S LETTER TO THE ADMIRALITY, 17 DECEMBER 1790, ASKING FOR ALTERATIONS TO THE DISCOVERY; 6. OUTLINE MAP OF THE WORLD SHOWING THE ROUTE OF VANCOUVER'S VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY; 7. JOHN VANCOUVER; 8. 'THE CANCING IN CONDUIT STREET'
  • 9. 'CHART ON MERCATORS PROJECTION EXHIBITING THE TRACKS OF MALDONADO AND DE FONTE, IN 1598 AND 1640 COMPARED WITH THE MODERN DISCOVERIES'; 10. MAP COMPILED AT NOOTKA, PROBABLY BY JUAN CARRASCO, AFTER THE RETURN OF THE ELIZA EXPEDITION IN 1791. IT ILLUSTRATES THE EXTENT OF SPANISH KNOWLEDGE OF JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT AND GEORGIA STRAIT AT THE TIME OF VANCOUVER'S ARRIVAL IN 1792; 11. VANCOUVER'S CHART OF THE COAST OF N. W. AMERICA, WITH INSETS OF THE SANDWICH ISLANDS, PART OF THE GALAPAGOS ISLES AND THE ISLAND OF COCOAS; 12. VANCOUVER'S GRAVE IN THE CHURCHYARD OF ST PETER'S CHURCH, PETERSHAM
  • 13. TOMBSTONE OF JOSEPH WHIDBEY IN TAUNTON, SOMERSET14. PLAQUE TO PETER PUGET, ON HIS TOMBSTONE AT WOOLLEY, NEAR BATH, WHERE HE SPENT THE LAST THREE YEARS OF HIS LIFE ; 15. TITLE-PAGE OF VOL. 1 OF THE 1798 EDITION OF A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY; 16. REDUCED FACSIMILE OF VANCOUVER'S CHART OF PART OF THE S. W. COAST OF NEW HOLLAND, WITH HIS CHARTS OF HERGEST'S ISLANDS, CHATHAM ISLAND, THE SNARES AND THE ISLAND OF OPARO (RAPA ISLAND); 17. 'A DESERTED INDIAN VILLAGE IN KING GEORGE III. SOUND NEW HOLLAND'; 18. 'THE ISLAND OF OPARO'; 19. 'THE ENTRANCE OF PORT CHATHAM COOK'S INLET'

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