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The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made
available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of
exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899,
consists of 100 books containing published or previously
unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir
Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and
Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India. This volume, published in
1852, was edited by John Barrow, son of the distinguished promoter
of Arctic exploration Sir John Barrow. It contains two accounts of
exploration around Hudson's Bay - the narrative of Captain William
Coats who made several voyages in the region in the 1720s and 30s,
and the ship's log and other documents of Captain Middleton of
H.M.S. Furnace who in 1741 2 attempted to discover the much
sought-after North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Sir John Barrow (1764-1848) was a distinguished British government
servant whose diplomatic career took him to China and Africa, and
who in forty years as Secretary to the Admiralty was responsible
for promoting Arctic and Antarctic exploration, including the
voyages of Sir John Ross, Sir William Parry, Sir James Clark Ross
and Sir John Franklin (the last of which famously ended in
disaster). Barrow's autobiography, written when he was
eighty-three, depicts a life extraordinary for its range of
experience and activity, from a small farm in the Furness peninsula
to the court of the Emperor of China, and from an apparently
settled life as a civil servant at Cape Town to the centre of
affairs at a time when the British Navy's reach and influence
reached their highest point. This fascinating account will be of
interest to anyone interested in exploration and the history of the
British Navy.
First published in 1971. This volume is part of the Social History
of Science series reprinted with a new index. It was initially
intended as a supplementary chapter in Sir John Barrows'
autobiography who was involved with the Royal Club for over forty
years. These are personal observations and recollections and
sections of previously published sketches of the six Presidents of
the Royal Society and some other distinguished members of the
Society and the Club.
First published in 1971. This volume is part of the Social History
of Science series reprinted with a new index. It was initially
intended as a supplementary chapter in Sir John Barrows'
autobiography who was involved with the Royal Club for over forty
years. These are personal observations and recollections and
sections of previously published sketches of the six Presidents of
the Royal Society and some other distinguished members of the
Society and the Club.
A staunch supporter of exploration, Sir John Barrow (1764-1848)
backed expeditions to Africa, Australia, the Arctic and the
Antarctic during his forty-year tenure as Second Secretary to the
Admiralty. In his early career, he served as an aide to the
diplomat Lord Macartney, joining him on his 1792-4 embassy to
China, and during his later governorship of the Cape of Good Hope.
Barrow was a prolific author, setting new standards of detail and
accuracy for travel writing. In this 1806 account, he recounts the
embassy's journey to Cochinchina (now Vietnam) via Brazil and Java.
In one of the first illustrated accounts of the country in English,
Barrow applies his boundless curiosity and elegant style to
history, politics, local customs, and the flora and fauna. His
autobiography and several other volumes of his travel writing are
also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection.
Richard, Earl Howe (1726 99) participated in some of the Royal
Navy's most significant conflicts. As captain of the Dunkirk, he
fired the first shots of the Seven Years' War off the eastern coast
of North America in 1755. After being forced to juggle the demands
of the American Revolutionary War with the British government's
reluctance to put the ships he needed at his disposal, he resigned
his command of the North American Station, but later made a
comeback, masterminding the battle against the French on the
'Glorious First of June' in 1794. Prolific author Sir John Barrow
(1764 1848) drew on more than 400 of Howe's personal letters in
preparing this substantial biography, first published in 1838.
Several of Barrow's other works have also been reissued in this
series, including his autobiography and accounts of the early years
of polar exploration."
First published in 1831, this account of a notorious event in the
history of the navy makes extensive use of letters, papers and the
testimony of those involved. Sir John Barrow (1764-1848) was Second
Secretary to the Admiralty, and so had unrivalled access to
official documents. He begins with a chapter detailing the first
visit to Tahiti by Captain Cook. The mutiny, Bligh's 4,000-mile
voyage in an open boat, the capture and court martial of some of
the mutineers and the fate of the remainder who settled on Pitcairn
Island are described with clarity and even-handedness. Whilst
acknowledging that Bligh was 'a man of coarse habits' with
'mistaken notions with regard to discipline', Barrow is unequivocal
that the episode 'ought to operate as a warning ... to our brave
seamen, not to be led astray ... either by order or persuasion of
some hot-brained, thoughtless, or designing person'.
Sir John Barrow (1764-1848) was a distinguished British government
servant whose diplomatic career took him to China and Africa, and
who in forty years as Secretary to the Admiralty was responsible
for promoting Arctic and Antarctic exploration, including the
voyages of Sir John Ross, Sir William Parry, Sir James Clark Ross
and Sir John Franklin. This account of his time in Southern Africa
was published in 1801, with a second volume following in 1804.
Barrow's exploration of the Cape Colony in 1797-8 coincided with
the imposition of British control in 1795 on a former Dutch colony,
making this work an important source about this transitional
period. Volume 1 begins with the history of the Cape of Good Hope,
and its natural features, climate and inhabitants. Barrow then
describes his journey inland, through the Karroo desert region, and
his encounters with the European and African peoples who lived
there.
Sir John Barrow (1764-1848) was a distinguished British government
servant whose diplomatic career took him to China and Africa, and
who in forty years as Secretary to the Admiralty was responsible
for promoting Arctic and Antarctic exploration, including the
voyages of Sir John Ross, Sir William Parry, Sir James Clark Ross
and Sir John Franklin. This account of his time in Southern Africa
was published in 1801, with a second volume following in 1804.
Barrow's exploration of the Cape Colony in 1797-8 coincided with
the imposition of British control in 1795 on a former Dutch colony,
making this work an important source about this transitional
period. Volume 2 takes a political focus, and elaborates Barrow's
belief that the Cape of Good Hope could serve the commercial
interests of the growing British empire in the east; he also
discusses the strategic advantages of stationing troops along the
Cape.
Sir John Barrow (1764 1848) was Second Secretary to the Admiralty
for forty years. He was responsible for promoting polar
exploration, and published two books on the subject for general
readers. A Chronological History of Voyages into the Arctic Regions
appeared in 1818, and this 1846 publication continues the story.
Drawing on the explorers' own accounts, Barrow describes twelve
voyages connected with the search for the North-West Passage. These
include two voyages by Sir John Ross, four by Sir William Parry,
and two by Sir John Franklin (whose last, fatal expedition was
under way when the book was published). Barrow documents the Arctic
landscape, fauna and climate, the explorers' clothes and
provisions, scurvy (cured by preserved gooseberries and freshly
grown mustard and cress), frostbite (necessitating amputations),
on-board entertainments, and encounters with 'Esquimaux', providing
fascinating insights into the realities of polar expeditions in the
mid-nineteenth century.
Sir John Barrow (1764 1848), a founder and early president of the
Royal Geographical Society, served as Second Secretary to the
Admiralty for forty years. He was responsible for promoting polar
exploration, and published two books on the subject for general
readers, both now reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection.
This, the earlier of the two, appeared in 1818 and is a
chronological account of Arctic voyages from the Viking period to
the early nineteenth century, and of the intensifying search for a
northern route between the Atlantic and the Pacific. Barrow covers
the expeditions of European explorers including Cabot, Frobisher,
Barentz, Hudson and Baffin. He quotes extracts from their journals
to create a vivid picture of the extreme conditions experienced by
the explorers, their battles against cold, disease and starvation,
their impressions of the plentiful Arctic wildlife, and both
friendly and hostile encounters with the Inuit.
George Macartney (1737-1806) had a long and distinguished political
and diplomatic career. He held the post of Secretary for Ireland,
was successively governor of Grenada, Madras and the Cape Colony,
and served as trade envoy to Russia and China. The son of an Irish
landowner, Macartney rose in his profession through diligent
diplomacy, perseverance, ambition and integrity; he gradually
advanced in both the British and Irish peerage. This two-volume
biography by Sir John Barrow, who had accompanied Macartney to
China and the Cape, was first published in 1807, and draws heavily
on official documents from Macartney's periods in office. Volume 1
contains a chronological account of Macartney's professional life,
focusing particularly on the challenges he faced while Governor of
Madras in the 1780s, including military threats, wrangling over
fiscal policies, the extension of Fort St George, and plans for a
Madras police force.
George Macartney (1737-1806) had a long and distinguished political
and diplomatic career. He held the post of Secretary for Ireland,
was successively governor of Grenada, Madras and the Cape Colony,
and served as trade envoy to Russia and China. The son of an Irish
landowner, Macartney rose in his profession through diligent
diplomacy, perseverance, ambition and integrity; he gradually
advanced in both the British and Irish peerage. This two-volume
biography by Sir John Barrow, who had accompanied Macartney to
China and the Cape, was first published in 1807, and draws heavily
on official documents from Macartney's periods in office. Volume 2
contains substantial extracts from Macartney's writings on Russia
and China, giving frank and wide-ranging accounts of the countries,
their customs and their governments that provide valuable primary
source material for historians of the eighteenth century. It also
contains Macartney's sketch of the political history of Ireland.
Sir John Barrow (1764 1848) was a distinguished British government
diplomat whose career took him to China and Africa, and who in
forty years as Secretary to the Admiralty was responsible for
promoting Arctic and Antarctic exploration. A close friend of Sir
Joseph Banks, he served on the Council of the Royal Society and as
President of the Royal Geographical Society. Sketches of the Royal
Society and Royal Society Club was published posthumously in 1849,
as a supplement to Barrow's autobiography (also published in this
series). It consists of a brief history of the societies, followed
by a series of memoirs of presidents of the Royal Society of
Barrow's time, and of other leading members of the Society and the
Royal Society Club, the elite dining club associated with it. The
biographies provide abundant evidence of the central importance of
the Royal Society to scientific life in nineteenth-century Britain.
In 1792, a British embassy headed by Earl Macartney travelled from
Peking (Beijing), China, to Canton (Guangzou) with the aim of
improving trade with China. The complete account of the mission was
recorded by the Earl's private secretary, Sir John Barrow, in
Travels in China (1804), a work intended to 'shew this
extraordinary people in their proper colours' as well as to 'divest
the court of the tinsel and tawdry varish' which Barrow thought
that missionary accounts promoted. Both a paean to British imperial
ambitions and a compelling example of early nineteenth-century
travel literature, Travels in China presents an account of Chinese
government, trade, industry, and cultural and religious practices
through the eyes of one of England's most ardent expansionists.
Barrow would go on to write an account of the mutiny on H.M.S.
Bounty (1831), but Travels in China remained by far the more
significant work in his lifetime.
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