Four travel journals : the Americas, Antarctica, and Africa, 1775-1874 / edited by Herbert K. Beals ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Beals, H. K. (Herbert Kyle), 1934-

Hakluyt Society.

Series:

Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; 3rd ser., no. 18.

Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; 3rd ser., no. 18

Language:

English

German

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Bodega y Cuadra, Juan de la, 1743-1794--Diaries.

Bodega y Cuadra, Juan de la.

Stokes, Pringle--Diaries.

Stokes, Pringle.

Hay, Joseph Henry--Diaries.

Hay, Joseph Henry.

Wainwright, Jacob--Diaries.

Wainwright, Jacob.

Bodega y Cuadra, Juan de la, 1743-1794.

Voyages and travels.

America--Discovery and exploration.

America.

Discoveries in geography.

Antarctica--Discovery and exploration.

Antarctica.

Africa--Discovery and exploration.

Africa.

Genre:

Diaries.

Physical Description:

x, 404 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub. Co., 2007.

Contents:

1. The 1775 Journal of Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra. Translated from the Spanish and edited by Herbert K. Beals.

2. The Journal of HMS Beagle in the Straits of Magellan by Pringle Stokes, Commander RN 1827. Edited by R. J. Campbell.

3. Journal kept by Midshipman Joseph Henry Kay during the Voyage of HMS Chanticleer, 1828¿1831. Edited by Ann Savours and Anita McConnell.

4. 'A Dangerous and Toilsome Journey'. Jacob Wainwright's Diary of the Transportation of Dr Livingstone's Body to the Coast, 4 May 1873-18 February 1874. Translated from the German and edited by Roy Bridges.

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9780904180909

0904180905

OCLC:

80916887