Record Number: 9930

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I shall give them from a book called a "Collection of Voyages by the Dutch East Company", Lond. 1703, p. 116, where, supposing the author who speaks of ten numbers and gives only nine to have lost the fifth, their similarity is beyond dispute.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Between 14 Aug 1769 and 15 Aug 1769

Country:

'Pacific Ocean'

Time

n/a

Place:

other location: at sea, onboard HMS Endeavour

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Joseph Banks

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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Rene Augustin Constantin de Renneville

Title:

A collection of voyages undertaken by the Dutch East-India Company, for the improvement of trade & navigation ...

Genre:

Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London, Printed for W. Freeman, J. Walthoe, Tho. Newborough, John Nicholson, and R. Parker, 1703.

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

9930

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

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. 165, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=9930, accessed: 16 February 2025

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Additional Comments:

Date of birth stated to be 2 February 1743 (o.s.) in book, this has been corrected to new style date. Page reference given is not an editorial addition, so Banks must have had the book in front of him when writing. Banks read the book in the English translation.