Four Travel Journals / The Americas, Antarctica and Africa / 1775-1874: The Americas, Antarctica and Africa, 1775-1874

ISBN-13: 9781032293196 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 414 str.

Herbert K. Beals; R. J. Campbell; Ann Savours

Opis

This volume offers annotated texts with biographical and historical introductions of four previously unpublished travel journals from the period 1775-1874. The first is an account of a Spanish expedition sent from Mexico to explore the north-west coast of America in 1775, the second an account from a surveying operation in the Straits of Magellan in 1827. The third item is the diary of a voyage of 1828-31 to make observations in the South Atlantic to determine the shape of the Earth and to ascertain the longitudes of a number of ports. The final text is the remarkable record, by the freed African slave, Jacob Wainwright, of how he brought David Livingstone's body back down to the coast of Africa.

Recenzje

’... this beautifully produced volume is an ideal introduction to the serious study of exploration and geography.’ Times Literary Supplement ’The book is a credit to the Hakluyt Society... For the maritime historian or the working seaman who can empathise with the tribulations of the hydrographers under sail, the book is essential reading.’ International Journal of Maritime History ’The Hakluyt Society deserves to be congratulated for persevering in bringing together these four disparate travel journals, each of which makes an invaluable contribution to the history of exploration. Their respective editors have added excellent maps, well chosen illustrations and informative introductions and summaries. This book will not only interest historians who specialize in explorations but will also appeal to maritime historians and entertain readers of history and geography.’ The Northern Mariner

Spis treści

Four Travel Journals / The Americas, Antarctica and Africa / 1775-1874

O autorze

Herbert K. Beals is an expert on the Spanish exploration on the north-west coast of America. Captain R. J. Campbell served in the Royal Navy as Hydrographic Surveyor, and has previously edited The Discovery of the South Shetland Islands (2000) for The Hakluyt Society. Ann Savours (Dr Ann Shirley) worked at the Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, and then at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. Anita McConnell was curator of Earth Sciences at the Science Museum, London. Roy Bridges is President of The Hakluyt Society and Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Aberdeen, UK.