A Chronological History of the Discoveries in the South Sea or Pacific Ocean

Dados Bibliográficos

ID23780669
AutoresJames Burney (autor correspondente)
Ano2010
Data de publicação2010-12-09
Open AccessSim
TipoBOOK
PeriódicoA Chronological History of the Discoveries in the South Sea or Pacific Ocean (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditoraCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9780511783739
OpenAlexW4298096852
ISBN9780511783739
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas9

Captain James Burney (1750–1821), the son of the musicologist Dr Charles Burney and brother of the novelist Fanny Burney, was a well-travelled sailor, best known for this monumental compilation of voyages of discovery in the Pacific Ocean. After joining the navy in 1764, he sailed on Cook's second voyage between 1772 and 1774, and was also present on the ill-fated third voyage. He retired from the navy in 1784 and turned to writing works on exploration. These volumes, published between 1803 and 1817, and regarded as the standard work on the subject for much of the nineteenth century, contain collected accounts of European voyages of discovery in the Pacific Ocean between 1492 and 1764. Burney provides summaries of Spanish, Dutch and English accounts, which include descriptions of voyages to China, Micronesia and Australia. Volume 3 covers voyages between 1620 and 1688, including the voyages of Abel Tasman.

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art history · Brother · Geography · Library science · Navy · Pacific ocean · Sociology · Subject (documents) · Anthropology · Classics · Computer Science · Geology · History · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology · Oceanography