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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: Cambridge Library Collection - Maritime Exploration, Volume 1
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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. Volume 1 describes La Perouse's disappearance, Dillon's
encounter (now disputed) with Fijian cannibals, and the first items
identified from the wrecks. It also records his officially backed
return to the wreck site, which was punctuated by violent quarrels,
attempts at mutiny, and a stay in a Tasmanian jail.
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