Record Number: 9923
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'We took Beroe incrassata, Medusa limpidissima, plicata and obliquata, Alcyonium anguillare (probably the thing that Shelvoke mentions in his "Voyage Round the World" p. 60), and A. frustrum, Ulva intestinalis, and Corallina officinalis.'
Century:1700-1799
Date:12 Jan 1769
Country:n/a
Timen/a
Place:other location: At sea - in the South Atlantic off Tierra del Fuego
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:13 Feb 1743
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Naturalist
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:n/a
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:A Voyage Round the World by way of the Great South Sea
Genre:Autobiog / Diary, Geography / Travel
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:9923
Source:Joseph Banks
Editor:Joseph Hooker
Title:Journal of the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks Bart., K.B. PRS during Captain Cook's First Voyage in HMS Endeavour in 1768-71 to Terra del Fuego, Otahite, New Zealand, Australia, the Dutch East Indies etc.
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1896
Vol:n/a
Page:47-48
Additional Comments:
Published by MacMillan & Co. Ltd
Citation:
Joseph Banks, Joseph Hooker (ed.), Journal of the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks Bart., K.B. PRS during Captain Cook's First Voyage in HMS Endeavour in 1768-71 to Terra del Fuego, Otahite, New Zealand, Australia, the Dutch East Indies etc. (London, 1896), p. 47-48, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=9923, accessed: 02 May 2024
Additional Comments:
Date of birth corrected from that given in the book (2 February 1743 O.S.)
