A Voyage to the South Atlantic and Round Cape Horn into the Pacific Ocean
British naval officer James Colnett (1753–1806) served on many voyages during his career. He was a midshipman on Captain Cook's second voyage, and in 1774, he was first to sight New Caledonia, which led to Cook naming Cape Colnett after him. Later in his career, he was in command of the fur-tra...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/cbo9781139225168 2024-03-03T08:38:17+00:00 A Voyage to the South Atlantic and Round Cape Horn into the Pacific Ocean For the Purpose of Extending the Spermaceti Whale Fisheries, and Other Objects of Commerce Colnett, James 2012 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139225168 unknown Cambridge University Press https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms ISBN 9781108048354 9781139225168 monograph 2012 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139225168 2024-02-08T08:47:47Z British naval officer James Colnett (1753–1806) served on many voyages during his career. He was a midshipman on Captain Cook's second voyage, and in 1774, he was first to sight New Caledonia, which led to Cook naming Cape Colnett after him. Later in his career, he was in command of the fur-trading expedition that resulted in the Nootka Crisis and near-war between Spain and England. In this book, first published in 1798, Colnett gives an account of the voyage he commanded to the Antarctic in 1793. The expedition's success at charting suitable places for ships to anchor was instrumental to the development of the whaling industry in the area. This book contains accounts and maps of the islands and coastlands visited during the expedition. Among the islands visited were the Galapagos Islands, and Charles Darwin is known to have had a copy of this book on HMS Beagle. Book Antarc* Antarctic Cambridge University Press Antarctic The Antarctic Galapagos Pacific Cape Horn ENVELOPE(-135.021,-135.021,61.583,61.583) |
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British naval officer James Colnett (1753–1806) served on many voyages during his career. He was a midshipman on Captain Cook's second voyage, and in 1774, he was first to sight New Caledonia, which led to Cook naming Cape Colnett after him. Later in his career, he was in command of the fur-trading expedition that resulted in the Nootka Crisis and near-war between Spain and England. In this book, first published in 1798, Colnett gives an account of the voyage he commanded to the Antarctic in 1793. The expedition's success at charting suitable places for ships to anchor was instrumental to the development of the whaling industry in the area. This book contains accounts and maps of the islands and coastlands visited during the expedition. Among the islands visited were the Galapagos Islands, and Charles Darwin is known to have had a copy of this book on HMS Beagle. |
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A Voyage to the South Atlantic and Round Cape Horn into the Pacific Ocean |
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A Voyage to the South Atlantic and Round Cape Horn into the Pacific Ocean |
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A Voyage to the South Atlantic and Round Cape Horn into the Pacific Ocean |
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A Voyage to the South Atlantic and Round Cape Horn into the Pacific Ocean |
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A Voyage to the South Atlantic and Round Cape Horn into the Pacific Ocean |
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voyage to the south atlantic and round cape horn into the pacific ocean |
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Cambridge University Press |
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2012 |
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ENVELOPE(-135.021,-135.021,61.583,61.583) |
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Antarctic The Antarctic Galapagos Pacific Cape Horn |
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Antarctic The Antarctic Galapagos Pacific Cape Horn |
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Antarc* Antarctic |
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