Record Number: 10130
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'In the evening a small bird of the noddy (Sterna) kind hovered about the ship, and at night settled on the rigging, where it was taken, and proved exactly the same bird as Dampier has described, and given a rude figure of, under the name of a noddy from New Holland (see his Voyages, vol. iii. p. 98, table of birds, Fig. 5).'
Century:1700-1799
Date:27 Aug 1770
Country:At sea between Australia and New Guinea
Timen/anight: After the bird was taken
Place:other location: On board HMS Endeavour
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:At sea between Australia and New Guinea
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:"Voyage round the world" or "Voyage to New Holland"
Genre:Geography / Travel, Natural history
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:10130
Source:Joseph Banks
Editor:Joseph Hooker
Title:Journal of the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks Bart., K.B. P.R.S. 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:325
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Joseph Banks, Joseph Hooker (ed.), Journal of the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks Bart., K.B. P.R.S. 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. 325, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=10130, accessed: 28 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Date of birth is given as 2 February 1743 (O. S.) which has been converted to the modern date.