The discovery of Tahiti : a journal of the second voyage of H.M.S. Dolphin round the world, under the command of Captain Wallis, R.N., in the years 1766, 1767 and 1768 / written by her Master, George Robertson ; edited by Hugh Carrington.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robertson, George (Master of HMS Dolphin), author.

Series:

Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; 2nd ser., no. 98.

Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; 2nd ser., no. 98

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Robertson, George (Master of HMS Dolphin)--Diaries.

Robertson, George.

Dolphin (Frigate).

Voyages around the world--Early works to 1800.

Voyages around the world.

Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island)--Discovery and exploration--Early works to 1800.

Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island).

Physical Description:

li, 291 p., 5 p. of plates : ill., port., maps.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1948.

Contents:

I. The Atlantic Ocean

II. The Straits of Magellan

III. Crossing the Pacific

IV. Tahiti discovered

V. Towards 'Old England'.

Notes:

First published by Ashgate Publishing.

Includes bibliographical references (p. xv-xvii) and index.

ISBN:

1-317-03564-X

1-317-03565-8

1-315-61556-8

1-283-11538-7

9786613115386

1-4094-1703-4

9781315615561

OCLC:

908099470