Record Number: 10131
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I have been told that this very method was proposed in the "Gentleman's Magazine" many years ago, but have not the book on board. Frezier, in his voyage to the South Sea, describes a contrivance of the Peruvian Indians upon the same principles, plate 31, p. 273, but his drawing and plan are difficult to understand, if not actually very faulty, and his description is nothing; the drawing may serve, however, to give an idea to a man who has never seen a thing of the kind.'
Century:1700-1799
Date:21 Sep 1770
Country:At sea off Suva
Timen/a
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 off Suva
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Relation d'un voyage de la Mer du Sud aux cotes du Chili et du Perou
Genre:Geography / Travel, Natural history
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1716
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:10131
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:346-7
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. 346-7, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=10131, accessed: 25 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Date of birth is given as 2 February 1743 (O. S.) which has been converted to the modern date. The extract comes after a description of cooking where a long trench is dug and fire set at one end to conserve fuel.
