The voyage of Captain Don Felipe González : in the ship of the line San Lorenzo, with the frigate Santa Rosalia in company, to Easter Island in 1770-1 : preceded by an extract from Mynheer Jacob Roggeveen's official log of his discovery of and visit to Easter Island in 1722 / transcribed, translated, and edited by Bolton Glanvill Corney.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-158) and index.
Contents:
Introductory note by Admiral Sir C.A.G. Bridge -- Introduction -- I. Extract from the official log of Mr. Jacob Roggeveen, in so far as it relates to Easter island -- II. Journals, royal commands, minutes, and despatches, relating to the voyage of the San Lorenzo [under the command of Don Felipe Gonzalez y Haedo] and Santa Rosalia to Easter island in 1770 -- III. Journal of the principal occurrences during the voyage of the frigate Santa Rosalia from El Callao de Lima to the island of David, and thence to San Carlos de Chiloe, in the year 1770; by an officer of the said frigate [probably Don Francisco Antonio de Agüera y Infanzon, chief pilot] -- IV. Narrative of the expedition undertaken by order of His Excellency Don Manuel de Amat, viceroy of Péru, in the ship San Lorenzo and the frigate Santa Rosalia, from the harbour of El Callao de Lima to the island of David, in 1770 [probably from the pen of Sub-Lieut. Don Juan Hervé, first pilot, or senior navigating officer, of the San Lorenzo] -- Appendices: I. Behrens' narrative of Roggeveen's visit to Easter island. II. Note on Don Manuel de Amat's successor as viceroy of Peru. III. Extract from a contemporary (unsigned) letter relating to Don Felipe Gonzalez's voyage. IV. Extract from an autograph journal by Lieut. George Peard of H.M.S. Blossom, 1825. -- Bibliography (p. [145]-158) -- Index.
Series:
Works issued by the Hakluyt Society. Second series ; no. XIII
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