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A Chronological History of the Discoveries in the South Sea or Pacific Ocean (Paperback)
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A Chronological History of the Discoveries in the South Sea or Pacific Ocean (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Maritime Exploration, Volume 5
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Captain James Burney (1750 1821), the son of the musicologist Dr
Charles Burney and brother of the novelist Fanny Burney, was a
well-travelled sailor, best known for this monumental compilation
of voyages of discovery in the Pacific Ocean. After joining the
navy in 1764, he sailed on Cook's second voyage between 1772 and
1774, and was also present on the ill-fated third voyage. He
retired from the navy in 1784 and turned to writing works on
exploration. These volumes, published between 1803 and 1817, and
regarded as the standard work on the subject for much of the
nineteenth century, contain collected accounts of European voyages
of discovery in the Pacific Ocean between 1492 and 1764. Burney
provides summaries of Spanish, Dutch and English accounts, which
include descriptions of voyages to China, Micronesia and Australia.
Volume 5 covers voyages between 1724 and 1764, including Commodore
George Aston's circumnavigation.
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