| 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).' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 27 Aug 1770 | ||||||||||
| Country: | At sea between Australia and New Guinea | ||||||||||
| Time: | night: After the bird was taken | ||||||||||
| 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: | 10130 | |
| 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: | 325 | |
| 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. 325, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=10130, accessed: 19 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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