| Evidence: | 'All the shoals that were dry at half ebb afforded plenty of fish, left dry in small hollows of the rocks, and a profusion of large shell-fish (Chama gigas) such as Dampier describes, vol. iii. p. 191.' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 26 Aug 1770 | ||||||||||
| Country: | At sea between Australia and New Guinea | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | other location: On board HMS Endeavour | ||||||||||
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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: | At sea between Australia and New Guinea |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | William Dampier |
| Title: | "Voyage round the world" or "Voyage to New Holland" |
| Genre: | Geography / Travel, Natural history |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 10128 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | 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: | 306 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| 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. 306, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=10128, accessed: 20 April 2024 | |
| Date of birth is given as 2 February 1743 (O. S.) which has been converted to the modern date. |
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