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Lot 70609:
Description
This detailed volume is John Turnbull’s
A Voyage Round the World, in the years 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, and 1804: in which the Author visited Madeira, the Brazils, Cape of Good Hope, the English Settlements of Botany Bay and Norfolk Island; and the principal Islands of the Pacific Ocean. With a continuation of their history to the present period. The work was published in London in 1813 by C. Chapple. The volume is bound in original blue-gray boards, paper spine label, uncut edges.
This is the second and preferred edition of the work (first published in 1805). This edition added "an appendix giving a short account of New Zealand and additional matter respecting New South Wales. The massacre of the crew of the Boyd is related [December 1809]. It also includes a ‘Brief narrative of the proceedings of Baudin’s expedition, ‘ an important voyage of discovery sent out by Napoleon and chronicled by François Péron and Louis de Freycinet… Turnbull enlarges on most of the topics: Madeira is dealt with in much more depth; the section on Brazil is expanded in order to deal with the special circumstances arising out of the shift of the Portuguese court to Brazil; and eight years of history have been added to all other subjects” (Hill).
Howgego notes that Turnbull’s book, "for the first time stimulated interest among English merchants in the commercial advantages of trade with Australia and the Pacific Islands." "Sailing from Portsmouth in May 1800 in the Margaret, a ship of ten guns, he [Turnbull] touched at Madeira and at Cape Colony, which had recently passed into British hands. On 5 January 1801 he arrived at Botany Bay. The north-west speculation turned out to be a failure and Turnbull resolved to visit the islands of the Pacific. He devoted the next three years to exploring New Zealand, the Society Islands, the Sandwich Islands, and many parts of the south seas. At Tahiti he encountered the agents of the London Missionary Society, to whose zeal he bore testimony while suggesting they change their methods. After visiting the Friendly Islands he returned home by Cape Horn in the Calcutta, arriving in England in June 1804." (ODNB) McDonnell remarks that "during their visit to Hawaii in 1802-03, they learned of Kamehameha’s planned invasion of the Island of Kauai. In Tahiti, Turnbull set up a business curing hogs with salt obtained in Hawaii. He discovered three islands in the Tuamotus." (McDonnell, The Hawaii Hundred, 16)
Paper Size: ~ 9" by 11 1/4"
Paper Type or Special Features: Volume with Historic Expedition Details
Condition report:
The work is in very good condition overall. The volume was neatly re-backed with paste-board at sometime. There are some old marks and stains to covers. The corners are lightly worn. There is some repair to title. Some paper flaws or foxing throughout. There may be a few minor imperfections or fox marks to be expected with age. Please review the image carefully for condition and contact us with any questions.
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