| Evidence: | 'From the vocabularies given in Le Maire's voyage (see Histoire des Navigations aux Terres Australes, tom. i. p. 410) it appears clearly that the languages given there as those of the Isles of Solomon and the Isle of Cocos are radically the identical language we met with, most words differing in little, but the greater number of consonants.' |
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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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| 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: | Charles de Brosse |
| Title: | Histoire des Navigations aux Terres Australes |
| Genre: | Geography / Travel |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | 1756 |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 9929 | |
| 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: | 164-165 | |
| 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. 164-165, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=9929, accessed: 04 December 2023 | |
| Date of birth stated to be 2 February 1743 (o.s.) in book, this has been corrected to new style date. Volume and page reference given is not an editorial addition, so Banks must have had the book in front of him when writing. |
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