Narrative of a Voyage to the Ethiopic and South Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Chinese Sea, North and South Pacific Oceans in the Years 1829-31

by Morrell, Abby Jane

• ISBN13: 9781108049771
• ISBN10: 110804977X
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-06-14
• Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr

Summary

Abby Jane Morrell (b. 1809) was the wife of ship captain and explorer Benjamin Morrell (1795-1839). During the nineteenth century it became more common for women to join their husbands on voyages, and Abby insisted on accompanying her husband on his fourth voyage. They left America for the Pacific in 1829 on board the Antarctic, which visited the Auckland Islands and Pacific Islands in search of commercial gain, before returning via the Azores in 1831. First published in 1833, this is Abby's account of their journey. It was ghostwritten by the American author Samuel Knapp (17831838) and followed the publication of Benjamin Morrell's own account as part of A Narrative of Four Voyages (also reissued in this series). It includes an account of the violent conflicts with the inhabitants of some of the Pacific Islands, and also contains Abby's comments on the 'amelioration of the condition of American Seamen'.

Table of Contents

Preface

The author's birth

Lord Auckland's group

Prepare for a second voyage to Massacre Island

St George's Channel

Stay at Manilla

Saldanha Bay

Departure from the Cape

The Azores

Arrival at Bordeaux

Conchology

Observations on the progress of discovery

Reflections on drawing near my native land

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