Narrative of a voyage to the Pacific and Beering's strait, Vol 1
Subtitle: to co-operate with the polar expeditions: performed in His Majesty's ship Blossom, under the command of Captain F.W. Beechey ... in the years 1825, 26, 27, 28 ...
Publisher: H. Colburn and R. Bentley
Published: 1831
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 472
Subjects: Blossom (Ship); Oceania; Pacific Ocean; Arctic regions
Notes: Paged continuously: pt. I: xxi, [1] p., 1 l., 392 p.; pt. II: vii, [1], [393]-742 p.
Map at p. 328 of v. 1 supplied in photographic facsimile.
Table of contents: label: CHAPTER I
title: Departure from England — Teneriffe — Sun eclipsed — Fernanda Norhona — Make the Coast of Brazil — Rio Janeiro — Passage round Cape Horn — Conception — Valparaiso
pagenum: 1; label: CHAPTER II
title: Leave the Coast of Chili— Visit Sala-y-Gomez — Easter Island — Hostile Reception there — Description of the Inhabitants, Island, &c — Enter the dangerous Archipelago — Davis' Island — Elizabeth or Henderson's Island, its singular Formation — See Pitcairn Island
pagenum: 35; label: CHAPTER III
title: Pitcairn Island — Adams and Natives come off to the Ship— Adams's Account of the Mutiny of the Bounty — Lieutenant Bligh sent adrift in the Launch — Mutineers proceed to Tobouai — Hostile Reception there — Proceed to Otaheite — Return to Tobouai — Again quit it, and return to Otaheite — Christian determines to proceed to Pitcairn Island — Lands there — Fate of the Ship — Insurrection among the blacks — Murder of Christian and four of the Mutineers — Adams dangerously wounded — Fate of the remaining Mutineers
pagenum: 66; label: CHAPTER IV
title: Bounty Bay — Observatory landed — Manners, Customs, Occupations, Amusements, &c of the Natives— Village— Description of the Island— Its produce — Marriage of Adams— Barge hoisted out — departure — General Description
pagenum: 96; label: CHAPTER V
title: Visit Oeno Island — Description of it — Loss of a Boat and one Seaman — Narrow escape of the Crew — Crescent Island — Gambier Groupe — Visited by Natives on Rafts — Discover a Passage into the Lagoon— Ship enters— Interview with the Natives — Anchor off two Streams of Water— Visited by the Natives— Theft— Communication with them suspended — Morai— Manner of preserving the Dead — Idols and Places of Worship
pagenum: 137; label: CHAPTER VI
title: Second interview with the Natives— Visit to the principal Village — Bodies exposed to dry — Areghe or Chief — Lieutenant Wainwright attacked by Natives — Advantage of the Port — Further Description of the Island, its Soil and Productions
pagenum: 169; label: CHAPTER VII
title: Quit Gambier Islands — Visit Lord Hood's Island — Water-Spout — Clermont Tonnere — Description of the Island and Natives, Canoe, &c— Serle Island — Whitsunday Island — Lagoon Island — Thrum Cap Island — Egmont Island — Discover Barrow Island ; Description of it — Carysfort Island — Discover Cockburn Island — Osnaburgh Island— Find the Wreck of the Matilda — Bligh's Lagoon Island — Discovery of Byam Martin Island — Meet a Party of Chain Islanders there — Mystery attached to their History — Take two of them on board the Ship — Gloucester Island — See Bow Island
pagenum: 197; label: CHAPTER VIII
title: Boat sent to examine the Channel into Bow Island Lagoon — Unexpected Interview between Tuwarri and his Brother — A Pearl Brig at anchor in the Lagoon — Mystery attached to the Byam Martin Islanders dispelled — Their interesting History, extensive Wanderings and Sufferings — Sequel of Tuwarri's History — Ship enters the Lagoon — Description of the Island — A short Account of the Natives — Visit several other coral Islands, and discover Melville and Croker Islands — Remarks on the Discoveries of Cook, Wallis, Carteret, &c — Peculiarities of the coral Islands — Arrival at Otaheite
pagenum: 227; label: CHAPTER IX
title: Proceedings at Otaheite — The Ship visited by the Queen Regent, the Royal Family, and several Chiefs — Short Account of the Chiefs since Captain Cook's Visit — Successful Issue of a Dispute with the Government respecting the Detention of a trading Vessel — Visit to the Queen Regent's House — Present Condition of the Chiefs and of the Inhabitants— Superstitions— Trial of Natives for Theft of the Ship's Stores — The King visits the Ship — Lake and Morai of Mirapaye — Dance exhibited by a Party of New Zealanders — Considerations on the Effect of the Introduction of Christianity
pagenum: 267; label: CHAPTER X
title: Departure from Otaheite — Arrival at Woahoo, Sandwich Islands — Contrast between the two Countries — Visit the King and Pitt — Departure — Oneehow — Passage to Kamschatka — Petropaulski — Beering's Island — St Lawrence Island — Esquimaux — King's Island — Diomede Islands — Pass Beering's Strait — Arrive in Kotzebue Sound — Anchor off Chamisso Island — Ice Formation in Escholtz Bay
pagenum: 313; label: CHAPTER XI
title: Quit Kotzebue Sound, and proceed to survey the Coast to the Northward— Interviews with the Natives — Cape Thomson — Point Hope — Current — Capes Sabine and Beaufort — Barrier of Ice — Icy Cape — advanced Position of the Ship — Discover Cape Franklin, Wainwright Inlet, Shoals off Icy Cape, &c — Boat sent on an Expedition along the Coast — Return of the Ship to Kotzebue Sound — Interviews with the Esquimaux — Boat rejoins the Ship — Important Results of her Expedition
pagenum: 356; label: CHAPTER XII
title: Interesting Narrative of the Boat Expedition — Point Barrow — Near Approach to Captain Franklin — Beset by the Ice — Perilous Situation and fortunate Release of the Barge — Terrific Gale — Rejoin the Ship — Further Examination of Kotzebue Sound — Discover Buckland River — Mammoth Bones — Ice Formation — Approach of Winter obliges the Ship to quit the Sound — Repass Beering's Strait — Gale — Proceed to the Southward — Future Plans — Make St. Paul's Island — Aleutian Islands — Pass through Oonemak Channel— Arrive off San Francisco in California
pagenum: 417