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Narrative and Successful Result of a Voyage in the South Seas - Performed by Order of the Government of British India, to Ascertain the Actual Fate of La Perouse's Expedition (Paperback)
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Narrative and Successful Result of a Voyage in the South Seas - Performed by Order of the Government of British India, to Ascertain the Actual Fate of La Perouse's Expedition (Paperback)
Series: Narrative and Successful Result of a Voyage in the South Seas 2 Volume Set, Volume 2
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Entrepreneurial, spirited and ambitious, Peter Dillon (1788-1847)
spent much of his life as a trader and adventurer in the Pacific
region and learnt several Pacific languages. In 1826-7, through
contacts in the Santa Cruz Islands, Dillon located the wrecks of La
Perouse's Pacific expedition, unaccounted for since 1788. This
later earned him a knighthood and annuity from the French
government. (La Perouse's despatches and La Billardiere's account
of an earlier search for the wrecks are also reissued) In this
two-volume 1829 publication, translated into French and Dutch the
following year, Dillon tells the story of his sensational
discovery. After an ethnographical account of Tonga, largely
borrowed from William Mariner's 1818 description (also reissued),
Volume 2 gives fascinating details of Dillon's enquiries (through
multiple interpreters) into La Perouse's fate, and how he
negotiated to acquire 'relics' including a ship's bell, parts of
weapons and machinery, and even pieces of china.
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Imprint: |
Cambridge UniversityPress
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Narrative and Successful Result of a Voyage in the South Seas 2 Volume Set, Volume 2 |
Release date: |
September 2017 |
Authors: |
Peter Dillon
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Dimensions: |
217 x 140 x 21mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
446 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-108-08334-8 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
1-108-08334-X |
Barcode: |
9781108083348 |
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