Record Number: 9929
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'From the vocabularies given in Le Maire's voyage (see Histoire des Navigations aux Terres Australes, tom. i. p. 410) it appears clearly that the languages given there as those of the Isles of Solomon and the Isle of Cocos are radically the identical language we met with, most words differing in little, but the greater number of consonants.'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 14 Aug 1769 and 15 Aug 1769
Country:'Pacific Ocean'
Timen/a
Place:other location: at sea, onboard HMS Endeavour
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:13 Feb 1743
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Naturalist
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:'Pacific Ocean'
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Histoire des Navigations aux Terres Australes
Genre:Geography / Travel
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1756
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:9929
Source:Joseph Banks
Editor:Joseph Hooker
Title:Journal of the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks Bart., KB PRS During Captain Cook's first Voyage in HMS Endeavour in 1768-71 to Terra del Fuego, Otahite, New Zealand, Australia, the Dutch East Indies etc.
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1896
Vol:n/a
Page:164-165
Additional Comments:
Publisher MacMillan & Co. Ltd.
Citation:
Joseph Banks, Joseph Hooker (ed.), Journal of the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks Bart., KB PRS During Captain Cook's first Voyage in HMS Endeavour in 1768-71 to Terra del Fuego, Otahite, New Zealand, Australia, the Dutch East Indies etc., (London, 1896), p. 164-165, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=9929, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
Date of birth stated to be 2 February 1743 (o.s.) in book, this has been corrected to new style date. Volume and page reference given is not an editorial addition, so Banks must have had the book in front of him when writing.
