Evidence: | 'I shall give them from a book called a "Collection of Voyages by the Dutch East Company", Lond. 1703, p. 116, where, supposing the author who speaks of ten numbers and gives only nine to have lost the fifth, their similarity is beyond dispute.' |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 14 Aug 1769 and 15 Aug 1769 | ||||||||||
Country: | 'Pacific Ocean' | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | other location: at sea, onboard HMS Endeavour | ||||||||||
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Joseph Banks |
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: | 'Pacific Ocean' |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Rene Augustin Constantin de Renneville |
Title: | A collection of voyages undertaken by the Dutch East-India Company, for the improvement of trade & navigation ... |
Genre: | Geography / Travel |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | London, Printed for W. Freeman, J. Walthoe, Tho. Newborough, John Nicholson, and R. Parker, 1703. |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 9930 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Joseph Banks | |
Editor: | Joseph Hooker | |
Title: | Journal of the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks Bart., KB 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: | 165 | |
Additional comments: | Publisher MacMillan & Co. Ltd. |
Citation: | Joseph Banks, Joseph Hooker (ed.), Journal of the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks Bart., KB 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. 165, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=9930, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
Date of birth stated to be 2 February 1743 (o.s.) in book, this has been corrected to new style date. Page reference given is not an editorial addition, so Banks must have had the book in front of him when writing. Banks read the book in the English translation. |
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