The voyage of George Vancouver, 1791-1795. Volume 1 / edited by W. Kaye Lamb.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vancouver, George, 1757-1798.

Contributor:

Lamb, W. Kaye (William Kaye), 1904-

Series:

Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; 2nd ser., 163.

Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; 2nd ser., 163

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Voyages around the world--Early works to 1800.

Voyages around the world.

Northwest Coast of North America--Early works to 1800.

Northwest Coast of North America.

Northwest Passage--Early works to 1800.

Northwest Passage.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (481 p.)

Place of Publication:

Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2010.

Summary:

Four of the greatest maritime exploring expeditions were crammed into two decades late in the 18th century - Cook's third voyage, the French expedition commanded by La Pérouse, the Malaspina expedition sent out by Spain, and George Vancouver's Voyage of Discovery. All four visited the northwest coast of North America, but weather and circumstances prevented Cook from making more than what Beaglehole calls ' a magnificent, an epoch-making reconnaissance'; La Pérouse only touched the coast in a significant way at Yakutat Bay and Lituya Bay, and Malasina's memorable visits were to Yakutat Bay and Nootka Sound. Vancouver, by contrast, surveyed the enormous extent of coast from Lower California to Cook Inlet, and his meticulous survey literally set out on the map of the world the intricacies of Puget Sound and the western coast of mainland Canada. It was an achievement that places him with his mentor, Cook, in the first rank of marine surveyors. As a midshipman Vancouver had been with Cook when he discovered the Sandwich (Hawaiian) Islands in 1778. They attracted his interest, and the attention he devoted to the islands, their inhabitants and their political future when he twice later wintered there will surprise many. This is the first annotated edition of Vancouver's journal as he revised it for publication in 1798. The original manuscript has disappeared, but fortunately no fewer than 25 partial or complete logs or journals by other members of the expedition have survived. These supplement Vancouver's narrative at many points. It has been possible to identify virtually all the host of islands, channels and inlets that Vancouver encountered, and the provenance of most of the approximately 400 place names he bestowed, nine out of ten of which are still in use, is indicated. Book 1 of a new and annotated edition of A Voyage of Discovery ... (London, 1798). The main pagination of this and the following three volumes is continuous. The voyage to Australia and Tahiti,

Contents:

Cover ; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS; ABBREVIATIONS USED IN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES; INTRODUCTION; SOURCES; A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY... ROUND THE WORLD - JANUARY 1791 - JANUARY 1792; ILLUSTRATIONS; PLATES; 1. CAPTAIN GEORGE VANCOUVER; 2. PLAN OF THE DISCOVERY; 3. ELEVATION OF THE DISCOVERY; 4. THE DISCOVERY AS A CONVICT HULK AT DEPTFORD; 5. VANCOUVER'S LETTER TO THE ADMIRALITY, 17 DECEMBER 1790, ASKING FOR ALTERATIONS TO THE DISCOVERY; 6. OUTLINE MAP OF THE WORLD SHOWING THE ROUTE OF VANCOUVER'S VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY; 7. JOHN VANCOUVER; 8. 'THE CANCING IN CONDUIT STREET'

9. 'CHART ON MERCATORS PROJECTION EXHIBITING THE TRACKS OF MALDONADO AND DE FONTE, IN 1598 AND 1640 COMPARED WITH THE MODERN DISCOVERIES'; 10. MAP COMPILED AT NOOTKA, PROBABLY BY JUAN CARRASCO, AFTER THE RETURN OF THE ELIZA EXPEDITION IN 1791. IT ILLUSTRATES THE EXTENT OF SPANISH KNOWLEDGE OF JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT AND GEORGIA STRAIT AT THE TIME OF VANCOUVER'S ARRIVAL IN 1792; 11. VANCOUVER'S CHART OF THE COAST OF N. W. AMERICA, WITH INSETS OF THE SANDWICH ISLANDS, PART OF THE GALAPAGOS ISLES AND THE ISLAND OF COCOAS; 12. VANCOUVER'S GRAVE IN THE CHURCHYARD OF ST PETER'S CHURCH, PETERSHAM

13. TOMBSTONE OF JOSEPH WHIDBEY IN TAUNTON, SOMERSET14. PLAQUE TO PETER PUGET, ON HIS TOMBSTONE AT WOOLLEY, NEAR BATH, WHERE HE SPENT THE LAST THREE YEARS OF HIS LIFE ; 15. TITLE-PAGE OF VOL. 1 OF THE 1798 EDITION OF A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY; 16. REDUCED FACSIMILE OF VANCOUVER'S CHART OF PART OF THE S. W. COAST OF NEW HOLLAND, WITH HIS CHARTS OF HERGEST'S ISLANDS, CHATHAM ISLAND, THE SNARES AND THE ISLAND OF OPARO (RAPA ISLAND); 17. 'A DESERTED INDIAN VILLAGE IN KING GEORGE III. SOUND NEW HOLLAND'; 18. 'THE ISLAND OF OPARO'; 19. 'THE ENTRANCE OF PORT CHATHAM COOK'S INLET'

Notes:

Reprint of the 1984 publication.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBC, viewed December 28, 2017).

ISBN:

1-317-01234-8

1-283-24761-5

9786613247612

1-4094-3355-2

OCLC:

759159978