A Voyage to the South Atlantic and Round Cape Horn into the Pacific Ocean

• Main Author: Colnett, James
• Format: Book
• Language: unknown
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2012
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Galapagos; Pacific; Cape Horn; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139225168

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...