Narrative and Successful Result of a Voyage in the South SeasCambridge University Press, 14. sep. 2017 - 446 sider Entrepreneurial, spirited and ambitious, Peter Dillon (1788-1847) spent much of his life as a trader and adventurer in the Pacific region and learnt several Pacific languages. In 1826-7, through contacts in the Santa Cruz Islands, Dillon located the wrecks of La Perouse's Pacific expedition, unaccounted for since 1788. This later earned him a knighthood and annuity from the French government. (La Perouse's despatches and La Billardière's account of an earlier search for the wrecks are also reissued) In this two-volume 1829 publication, translated into French and Dutch the following year, Dillon tells the story of his sensational discovery. After an ethnographical account of Tonga, largely borrowed from William Mariner's 1818 description (also reissued), Volume 2 gives fascinating details of Dillon's enquiries (through multiple interpreters) into La Perouse's fate, and how he negotiated to acquire 'relics' including a ship's bell, parts of weapons and machinery, and even pieces of china. |
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anchor appeared arms arrived arrows Astrolabe Bay of Islands Bengal boats Bolotoo brass brig Calcutta canoes Cape Cape Wilson Captain Dillon cava Chaigneau chief coast cocoa-nuts command copper crew Denimah Diemen's Land distance east eastward expedition fathoms Feejee feet five four French friends gods guns head honour inches informed inquired iron bolt island La Pérouse lascar latitude letter longitude Mannicolans Mannicolo Mariner Martin Bushart mataboole miles morning natives night noon observed officer Otooboa Paiow passage Pérouse Pérouse's persons Peter Dillon piece of iron Port Port Jackson present procured Rathea reef remain Research Rothuma round sail sent shewed ship ship's shore side sight South Wales steered stood supposed Sydney Gazette tara things tion Tonga Tooitonga trades tree Tucopia Tytler Van Diemen's Land vessel village visited voyage weather Whannow wind wrecked yams Zealand