An Account of Several Late Voyages and Discoveries to the South and North
Originally published in 1694, this record of recent voyages made by Sir John Narborough, Abel Tasman, John Wood and Friderich Martens includes Tasman's account of discovering Tasmania and New Zealand in 1642. Equally engaging, Narborough's journal records his voyage to the Straits of Magel...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/cbo9781107588936 2024-06-09T07:48:25+00:00 An Account of Several Late Voyages and Discoveries to the South and North Narborough, John Tasman, Abel Wood, John Martens, Friderich 2014 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781107588936 unknown Cambridge University Press https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms ISBN 9781108075305 9781107588936 monograph 2014 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781107588936 2024-05-15T13:00:14Z Originally published in 1694, this record of recent voyages made by Sir John Narborough, Abel Tasman, John Wood and Friderich Martens includes Tasman's account of discovering Tasmania and New Zealand in 1642. Equally engaging, Narborough's journal records his voyage to the Straits of Magellan and his interest in the lands and peoples he encountered from 1669 to 1671. Here also are Wood's thoughts on his 1676 attempt to find a north-east passage to the East Indies, along with Martens' observations on Spitsbergen and whaling in northern waters in 1671. The extracts given here, translated where necessary, offer valuable insights into seventeenth-century navigation and exploration. A selection of illustrations, ranging from maps to depictions of exotic flora and fauna, accompany the text. A key reference for later navigators and for those interested in the history of maritime exploration, the book was also one of the oldest works in Darwin's library aboard the Beagle. Book North East Passage Spitsbergen Cambridge University Press New Zealand |
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Originally published in 1694, this record of recent voyages made by Sir John Narborough, Abel Tasman, John Wood and Friderich Martens includes Tasman's account of discovering Tasmania and New Zealand in 1642. Equally engaging, Narborough's journal records his voyage to the Straits of Magellan and his interest in the lands and peoples he encountered from 1669 to 1671. Here also are Wood's thoughts on his 1676 attempt to find a north-east passage to the East Indies, along with Martens' observations on Spitsbergen and whaling in northern waters in 1671. The extracts given here, translated where necessary, offer valuable insights into seventeenth-century navigation and exploration. A selection of illustrations, ranging from maps to depictions of exotic flora and fauna, accompany the text. A key reference for later navigators and for those interested in the history of maritime exploration, the book was also one of the oldest works in Darwin's library aboard the Beagle. |
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Narborough, John Tasman, Abel Wood, John Martens, Friderich |
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Narborough, John Tasman, Abel Wood, John Martens, Friderich An Account of Several Late Voyages and Discoveries to the South and North |
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Narborough, John Tasman, Abel Wood, John Martens, Friderich |
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An Account of Several Late Voyages and Discoveries to the South and North |
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An Account of Several Late Voyages and Discoveries to the South and North |
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An Account of Several Late Voyages and Discoveries to the South and North |
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An Account of Several Late Voyages and Discoveries to the South and North |
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An Account of Several Late Voyages and Discoveries to the South and North |
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account of several late voyages and discoveries to the south and north |
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Cambridge University Press |
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2014 |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781107588936 |
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New Zealand |
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North East Passage Spitsbergen |
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North East Passage Spitsbergen |
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