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Narrative of a Voyage to the Ethiopic and South Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Chinese Sea, North and South Pacific Oceans in the Years 1829, 1830, 1831
Cambridge Library Collection - Maritime Exploration Series
Author: Morrell Abby Jane
Published in 1833, this is the account of explorer Benjamin Morrell's fourth voyage, by his wife who had accompanied him.
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Publication date: 06-2012
236 p. · 14x21.6 cm · Paperback
236 p. · 14x21.6 cm · Paperback
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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 (1783?1838) 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'.
Preface; 1. The author's birth; 2. Lord Auckland's group; 3. Prepare for a second voyage to Massacre Island; 4. St George's Channel; 5. Stay at Manilla; 6. Saldanha Bay; 7. Departure from the Cape; 8. The Azores; 9. Arrival at Bordeaux; 10. Conchology; 11. Observations on the progress of discovery; 12. Reflections on drawing near my native land.
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