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Narrative of a Voyage to the Ethiopic and South Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Chinese Sea, North and South Pacific Oceans in the Years 1829, 1830, 1831 (Paperback)
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Narrative of a Voyage to the Ethiopic and South Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Chinese Sea, North and South Pacific Oceans in the Years 1829, 1830, 1831 (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Maritime Exploration
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Abby Jane Morrell (b. 1809) was the wife of ship captain and
explorer Benjamin Morrell (1795 1839). During the nineteenth
century it became more common for women to join their husbands on
voyages, and Abby insisted on accompanying her husband on his
fourth voyage. They left America for the Pacific in 1829 on board
the Antarctic, which visited the Auckland Islands and Pacific
Islands in search of commercial gain, before returning via the
Azores in 1831. First published in 1833, this is Abby's account of
their journey. It was ghostwritten by the American author Samuel
Knapp (1783 1838) and followed the publication of Benjamin
Morrell's own account as part of A Narrative of Four Voyages (also
reissued in this series). It includes an account of the violent
conflicts with the inhabitants of some of the Pacific Islands, and
also contains Abby's comments on the 'amelioration of the condition
of American Seamen'.
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