The Malaspina Expedition 1789-1794: Journal of the Voyage by Alejandro Malaspina. Volume I: Cádiz to Panamá

ISBN-13: 9781032294018 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 440 str.

Alejandro Malaspina; Andrew David; Felipe Fernandez-Armesto

Opis

Among the voyages of exploration and surveying in the late 18th century, that of Alejandro Malaspina best represents the high ideals and scientific interests of the Enlightenment. In July 1789 he sailed from Cádiz in the purpose-built corvettes, Descubierta and Atrevida. On board the vessels were scientists and artists and an array of the latest surveying and astronomical instruments. This volume of a series of three contains Malaspina's diario or journal from 31 July 1789 to 14 December 1790, newly translated into English, with substantial introduction and commentary.

Spis treści

Contents: Foreword; Preface; Translating Malaspina; Introduction; Malaspina's IntroducciA(3)n; Journal of the Voyage: from CA!diz to Montevideo and at Montevideo: From CA!diz to Montevideo; At Montevideo; From Montevideo to Puerto San Carlos de Chiloe: From Montevideo to Puerto Deseado and at Puerto Deseado; From Puerto Deseado to Puerto Egmont; At Puerto Egmont; From Puerto Egmont to Puerto San Carlos de Chiloe; At Puerto San Carlos de Chiloe; From Puerto San Carlos de Chiloe to Coquimbo: From Puerto San Carlos de Chiloe to Talcahuano; At Talcahuano and BahA-a ConcepciA(3)n; From Talcahuano to ValparaA-so and visit by Descubierta to Islas de Juan FernA!ndez; At ValparaA-so and visit to Santiago; From ValparaA-so to Coquimbo; From Coquimbo to Callao: From Coquimbo to Callao and visit by Descubierta to Islas de San Felix; At Callao and visit to Lima; From Callao to Acapulco: From Callao to Guayaquil; At Guayaquil; From Guayaquil to PanamA!; At PanamA!; Appendixes; Works cited.

O autorze

Andrew David served for more than forty years in the Royal Navy, including a period (1961-85) at the Hydrographic Office of the Ministry of Defence. Among his many publications is The Voyage of HMS Herald to Australia and the Pacific 1852-1861 (1995), and he was the chief editor of The Charts and Coastal Views of Captain Cook's Voyages (1988-97). Felipe Fernández-Armesto is Professorial Fellow of Queen Mary, University of London, and a member of the Modern History Faculty of Oxford University. His publications include many papers on maritime, cartographic and early colonial history, and among recent books, Civilisations (2000) and Food: A History (2001). Carlos Novi was from 1972 to 1989 Head of the Spanish Translation Section, and Director with special responsibility for the harmonization of terminology, at the United Nations Maritime Organization (London). After retiring from the IMO in 1989 his life-long interest in naval history became a full-time pursuit. Glyndwr Williams is Emeritus Professor of History at Queen Mary, University of London. His research interests include North American and Pacific exploration history; and among his recent publications are The Great South Sea (1997) and The Prize of all the Oceans (1999). Donald C.Cutter is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of New Mexico. His major interests have been in the Spanish exploration, conquest and settlement of what is today the American West. His interest in Malaspina is long-standing; he has written three books and more than a dozen articles on various aspects of the expedition.