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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