Voyages and discoveries
in the South Seas 1792-1832 / Edmund Fanning. - New York :
Dover publications, 1989. - XIV-335 p.-[32] p. de pl. :
ill. ; 22 cm.
ISBN 0-486-25960-9
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NOTE DE L'ÉDITEUR : […]
Fanning sailed for the South
Seas in May, 1792, on a voyage for seal skins and during the
next twenty-five years made voyages to the Pacific and around
the world ; visiting China and Australia, the desolate lands
of South Georgia and the savage islanders at Fiji and the Marquesas.
He discovered several hitherto unknown islands and Fanning's
Island, lying twelve hundred miles south of Honolulu, still bears
his name also it is now a British possession.
In 1829 he was instrumental in
sending out an exploring expedition to the South Seas under the
command of Captains Benjamin Pendleton and Nathaniel Brown Palmer
and it was his petition to Congress and largely his own personal
efforts that finally led to the Act of May 14, 1836, authorizing
the sending out of the exploring expedition that sailed under
the command of Commodore Charles Wilkes. Following his voyage
in the Betsey, in 1792, Captain Fanning either commanded
or acted as directive agent for upwards of seventy expeditions
to the South Seas and China. He died in New York City, April
23, 1841, aged 71 years.
[…]
☐ Introduction, pp. III-IV
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JEAN-JO SCEMLA : Edmund Fanning (1769-1841) [est]
le père de tous les voyageurs américains dans le
Pacifique. Mousse à quatorze ans, il en a vingt-trois
quand il entre la première fois dans le Pacifique. Six
ans plus tard, il navigue sur le petit brick Betsey, chargé
de pacotille de New York et de peaux de phoques chassés
près de Juan Fernandez. L'expédition fait escale
aux Marquises avant de se rendre en Chine faire le commerce des
pelleteries. Au retour les bénéfices du voyage
permettent à Fanning de devenir l'un des plus grands armateurs
d'Amérique, l'entrepreneur de plus de soixante-dix expéditions
vers les mers du Sud. La publication, en 1833, de la relation
de ses deux tours du monde (1798 et 1800), suscite de nombreuses
vocations voyageuses en Amérique et contribue au lancement
de la série d'expéditions officielles américaines
dans le Pacifique, dont celle de Wilkes (1837-1840).
Aux Marquises, Fanning a rencontré
le révérend Crook, jeune missionnaire de la London
Missionary Society, que le Duff a débarqué
un an plus tôt.
☐ Le
voyage en Polynésie,
pp. 1152-1153
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CONTENTS |
- Early voyages to the West Indies,
p. 1
- First voyage to the South Seas,
p. 4
- Voyage to England, p. 14
- Voyages to the West Indies,
p. 33
- First voyage round the world,
p. 40
- Passage to the Cape de Verdes,
p. 44
- Patagonia and the Falkland island,
p. 49
- Passage round Cape Horn, p. 65
- Massafuero to Marquesas islands,
p. 73
- Marquesas and Washington islands,
p. 85
- At Nuggoheeva [Nuku Hiva] island,
p. 108
- Nuggoheeva to Canton, p. 153
- At Macao and Canton, p. 183
- Canton to New York, p. 195
- Around the world in the Aspasia,
p. 206
- Voyage of the brig Union,
p. 230
- Voyage of the ship Catharine,
p. 242
- Sea elephants and fur seals,
p. 255
- Voyage of the ship Volunteer,
p. 265
- Sundry voyages to the South
Seas, p. 295
- Modern asserted discoveries,
p. 316
- Sandal wood, Beach La Mer,
etc., p. 331
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COMPLÉMENT
BIBLIOGRAPHIQUE |
- Edmund Fanning, « Voyages
round the world, with selected sketches of voyages to the South
Seas, North and South Pacific oceans, China [...] performed under
the command and agency of the author », New York :
Collins & Hannay, 1833
- Edmund Fanning, « Voyages
to the South Seas, Indian and Pacific oceans [...] »,
New York : William H. Vermilye, 1838
- Edmund Fanning, « Voyages
and discoveries in the South Seas 1792-1832 », Salem
(Mass.) : Marine Research Society, 1924
- Edmund Fanning, « Voyages
round the world, with selected sketches of voyages to the South
Seas, North and South Pacific oceans, China [...] performed under
the command and agency of the author », Upper Saddle
River (NJ) : The Gregg Press, 1970
- Edmund Fanning, « Voyages
to the South Seas, Indian and Pacific oceans [...] »,
Fairfield (Washington), Ye Galleon Press, 1970
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