AUTHOR: Delano, Amasa (1763-1823)
TITLE-PAGE TRANSCRIPTION: A | NARRATIVE
| OF | VOYAGES AND TRAVELS,
| IN THE | NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN
HEMISPHERES: | COMPRISING | THREE
VOYAGES ROUND THE WORLD; | TOGETHER WITH A
| VOYAGE OF SURVEY AND DISCOVERY, | IN
THE | PACIFIC OCEAN AND ORIENTAL ISLANDS.
| [dotted rule 20 mm.] | BY AMASA DELANO. | [Dotted
rule 19 mm.] | BOSTON: | PRINTED
BY E. G. HOUSE, FOR THE AUTHOR. | 1817.
COLLATION: 22 x 14 cm.: [1]4 2-754 [$1 signed]
pp. [1]-598, [2]
CONTENTS: p. [1]. Title page. p. [3]. Contents.
p. 15. Preface. p. 21. Chapt. I. The building and launching of the ship
Masochists - Major Shaw. p. 22. Eli Hayden, William Hacket, Daniel Brigs.
The Family of Briggs. p. 23. Remarks on building and loading ships. p.
24. Measurement of the Massachusetts. p. 25. Job Prince Esq. went as commander.
p. 26. The officers of the ship. p. 27. List of names, rank, &c.,
of the crew. p. 30. Superstition of sailors, Moll Pitcher. p. 32. Sailing
of the Massachusetts from Canton. p. 34. Trouble caused by a false alarm
given by one of the sailors. p. 35. Variation of the compass. p. 36. Importance
to know how to take lunar observations. Books and instruments necessary
for an officer. p. 37. Remarks upon the Javanese. Pigeon Island. Thomas
French killed by falling from the main yard. p. 38. Remarks upon Consuls.
p. 39. Left Batavia, and arrived at Canton. p. 40. Sale of the Massachusetts,
and separation of the crew. p. 41. Chapt. II. Repairing a Danish ship
at Canton. p. 42. Parting with the crew of the Massachusetts. p. 42. Remarks
upon the crew. Whampoa, description of. p. 43. Entering the English service
under commodore McClure, on a voyage of survey and discovery. p.44. Some
description of the officers belonging to the expedition. p. 46. Remarks
upon the Typa. p. 47. Macao Roads and Canton Bay. Change of the monsoons.
The typhoon. p. 48. Babuyane Islands. Expedition after gold ore. p. 53.
Being bitten by a centipede. Port San Pio Quinto. People of Luconia. p.
54. Going on sore after turtle. p. 55. Conspiracy of the boatswain. p.
57. Sailed for the Pelew Islands. p. 58. Chapt. III. Description of the
Pelew Islands. p. 59. Abba Thulle, king of the Pelew Islands. p. 60. Expedition
to Artingall. The king’s manner of treating his enemies. p. 61. Manner
of conducting the expedition. p. 62 Singular manner of putting their canoes
under way. p. 63. Remarks upon the chiefs and people of Artingall. p.
64. Peace concluded between the king and his revolted chiefs. p. 65. Sixty
women delivered as hostages to secure the peace. p. 66. Treatment of prisoners.
p. 67. Striking instance of retribution, in the case of Madan Blanchard.
p. 68. Some remarks during a second visit to the Pelew Islands. Arra Kooker.
p. 69. Commodore McClure’s plan of an establishment on the Pelew
Islands. p. 71. Religion of the people of these islands. p. 72. Manner
of making choice of friends. p. 73. Marriages. p. 74. Letter of Samuel
Snook, lieutenant of the Panther. p. 76. Some remarks upon the Pelew Islands,
of what took place after we were there. p. 78. Chapt. IV. Departure from
the Pelew Islands. St. Stephens, Pulo-Myssory, Manouaran, and Waygoo Islands.
p. 79. Hostility of the natives of New Guinea. p. 80. Some remarks upon
them. p. 81. Watering place at Manouaran Island. Revenge Straits. Butanta
Shoal. p. 82. Animals and birds of New Guinea, and adjacent islands. p.
83. Sago tree, description of. p. 84. Savage Town. p. 86. Passage to the
Spice Islands. Bouro Islands. p. 87. Arrival at Amboyna. p. 89. Description
of the nutmeg. Dr. Hoffman. p. 89. Inhabitants of Amboyna. p. 91. Sailed
for New Guinea. McClure’s Inlet. p. 92. Battle with the natives,
Dr. Nicholson killed. p. 97. Unsuccessful attempt to get water at Cut
throat-Creek. p. 98. Fresh-water-bay. p. 99. Remarks upon New Guinea.
p. 102. North coast of New Holland. p. 103. Arrival at Timor. p. 104.
Remarkable instance of a boat arriving there from New South Wales. p.
105. Description of Timor. p. 111. Chapt. V. The expedition under the
command of lieutenant Bligh, in his Britannic Majesty’s ship Bounty,
to Otaheite. p. 113. Lieutenant Bligh’s account of the mutiny which
happened on board the Bounty, headed by Fletcher Christian. p. 113. Names
and stations of the crew of the Bounty. p. 119. Captain Edwards’
account of his voyage in the Pandora in search of the Bounty. p. 126.
Captain Mayhew Folger’s letter to the Lords of the Admiralty, giving
an account of the settlement on Pitcairn’s Island. p. 127. Sir George
Staine’s letter on the same subject. p. 135. Pitcairn’s Island,
discovery of. p. 137. Letter from captain Folger to the author. p. 139.
Particulars of captain Folger’s landing on Pitcairn’s Island.
p. 145. Chapt. VI. Reflections on the history of the Bounty, and settlement
on Pitcairn’s Island. p. 152. Chapt. VII. Passage from Timor to Bencoolen.
Christmas Island. Governor of Padang. p. 154. Pulo Bay. Bencoolen Roods.
Rat-Island-basin, description of. p. 156. Island of Sumatra. p. 157. Batavia,
arrival at, and description of the city. p. 160. Mosques of the Malays.
p. 161. A tom-tom, described. p. 162. Chapt. VIII. Passage from Batavia
through the Straits of Billiton. p. 163. Borneo Island. Navigation on
its coast. Mountains and productions. p. 164. Beach-le-mar, or Swalloo.
p. 165. Philippine Islands. p. 166. City of Manilla. Its inhabitants.
p. 167. Remarks on a passage through the Sooloo Sea. p. 168. Balambangan.
Inhabitants. Monkeys. Harbour. Bangua Peak Balabac. p. 169. Cagayan-Sooloo.
Towee-Towee. p. 171. Chapt. IX. Description of the island and town of
Sooloo. p. 175. Going on shore at Sooloo, by the assistance of an old
Moor, who was a subahdar in the Sultan’s guard, with the circumstances
attending the enterprize. p. 178. The commodore and officers invited by
the sultan to go on shore. p. 179. The Sultan’s Seraglio. p. 181.
Alexander Dalrymple Esq., some mention of. p. 182. A voyage to Sooloo
might be profitable. p. 188. Chapt. X. Passage from Sooloo through the
see of Celebes. p. 184. Gilolo. Mortay. Waygoo. p. 186. Second visit to
the Pelew Islands. p. 187. Some further remarks on the inhabitants. Abba
Thulle. Arra Kooker. Raa Kook. p. 191. Description of their canoes. Tarra-root.
Swalloo. p. 195. Passage from Pelew to Canton. p. 196. Chapt. XI. Difficulty
between captain Stewart of the ship Eliza and the Chinese government.
p. 197. Settlement with the English government for my two years services.
Sailed from Canton in the Eliza, for Ostend. p. 198. Treachery of the
Maylays. p. 199. Arrival at the Isle of France. p. 200. Remarks upon the
inhabitants, and the effects produced by the revolution in France. p.
203. Reflections upon privateering. p. 205. Number of inhabitants in the
Isle of France. p. 207. Island of Bourbon, description of. p. 208. Chapt.
XII. Passage from the Isle of France to Bombay. Hurricane. p. 209. Mahe
Island. Seychelles bank. p. 210. Remarks upon the loss of the ship Commerce,
captain Johnson, on the coast of Arabia Felix. p. 211. Arrival at Bombay.
p. 212. Description of Bombay. Productions, commerce, inhabitants, &c.
p. 216. Cabra-di-capello, and cobra-manilla. p. 217. Surat, description
of. Islands of Elephanta and Salsette, curiosities of. p. 220. Chapt.
XIII. Passage from Bombay to Calcutta. Coast of Malabar. Goa. Mr. Wedgborough.
p. 223. Tillicherry. Calicut. Cape Comorin. p. 224. Island of Ceylon,
description of. p. 229. Coast of Coromandel. p. 230. Power of the priests,
and singular method of deciding guilt by chewing rice. p. 231. Tranquebar.
Pondicherry. Pagodas. Madras. p. 232. Difficulties in entering the river
Hoogly. p. 233. Bore of the tide. Arrival at Calcutta. p. 237. Chapt.
XIV. Description of Bengal. p. 238. Its productions, animals, commerce,
and inhabitants. p. 239. Calcutta, description of. p. 241. Fort William.
The tank of Calcutta. p. 242. Water of the Ganges, the properties which
the natives believe it to possess. p. 243. Custom of women being burnt
with their deceased husbands. p. 245. Different casts among the Hindoos.
p. 247. River Hoogly, description of. p. 248. Famous black hole at Calcutta.
p. 249. Serampore. Chandenagore. Chinsurah. Bay of Bengal. p. 250. Left
Calcutta in the ship Three Brothers, for Philadelphia. p. 252. Arrival
home, with reflections. p. 253. Remarks on building and fitting out ships.
p. 257. Chapt. XV. Departure from Boston in the ship Perseverance. p.
258. St. Paul’s Rocks. Fernanda Noranha. p. 259. Falkland Islands.
North-west-harbour. p. 263. Manner in which these birds form their rookeries.
p. 264. Coast of Patagonia, and Terre del Fuego. p. 265. Port Famine,
some description of. p. 269. Straits of Magellan. Staten-Land. p. 271.
Passage round Cape Horn. p. 273. Islands Diego Romirez. p. 274. Chapt.
XVI. Arrival on the coast of Chili. p. 275. Description of the coast.
Baldivia. Conception. Valparaiso. Conquimbo, and the island of Chiloe.
p. 276. Island of Mocha. p. 277. Kingdom of Chili, remarks on. p. 280.
Port of Talcaquana. Remarkable account of two English wale ships. p. 283.
Vancouver’s description of the harbour of Valparaiso. p. 288. Subject
of killing whales. Daring attempt to kill one. p. 290. Account of the
death of captain Howe. p. 292. Customs and manners of the inhabitants
of Chili. p. 296. Their manner of treating prisoners. p. 279. Action between
the ship vulture, captain Thomas Folger and a Spanish ship. Rising of
the Spaniards on board the prize ship, and putting the Englishmen to death.
p. 299. Harbour of Coquimbo. The Andes. p. 301. Affair of the English
privateer Antelope. p. 304. Chapt. XVII. Description of Massa Fuero. p.
306. Account of the manner of killing seals on this island, and the method
of skinning and preparing the skins. p. 308. Description of Juan Fernandez.
Robinson Crusoe. p. 309. Attempt to land on Juan Fernandez to procure
refreshments. p. 313. Island of St. Maria, description of. p. 316. The
glow worm found here. p. 317. Town of Arruco, and the river on the main.
p. 318. Chapt. XVIII. Particulars of the capture of the Spanish ship Tryal,
at the island of St. Maria. p. 320. Remarks on the crew of the Perseverance
at the time of the capture of the Tryal. p. 326. Particulars of the capture
of the Tryal. p. 329. Arrival at Conception with our prize. p. 332. Official
documents of the intendency at Conception. p. 351. Letter from the Marquis
de Case Yruso. The answer. p. 353. Letter from Don Juan Stoughton, and
answer. p. 354. Chapt. XIX. Description of the island of St. Felix. p.
355. St. Ambrose and Easter Island. p. 357. Account of the discovery of
Pilgrim Island. p. 360. General description of the kingdom of Chili, its
boundaries, productions, manners, and customs of its original inhabitants,
&c. p. 367. Port of Nasca. p. 368. Passage from Massa Fuero to the
Gallipagos Islands. p. 369. Chapt. XX. Gallipagos Islands. Stephen’s
Bay. Captain Colnett’s description of it. p. 370. Chatham Island,
description of. p. 371. Hood’s Island, landing on it, with a description.
p. 372. Charles’s Island, description of its soil and trees. Settlement
on it by an Irishman. p. 373. James’s Bay, anchored in it and found
two Spanish brigs, prizes to the English ship Henry of London. p. 374.
Captain William Watson, of the Henry, character of. Captain Anderson of
the Castor and Polux. p. 375. Description of James’s Island. Terrapin,
or land tortoise, description of. p. 377. Manner of keeping the on board
of a ship, their food, &c. p. 378. The land guana, and sea guana.
p. 379. Lizards, snakes, and other reptiles. p. 380. The pelican. Sigular
manner of diving. Ring dove. Divers. p. 381. Directions for getting water
at James’s Island. p. 382. Narborough Island, described. p. 383.
Remarkable phenomenon, of a cloud charging a mountain with fire. p. 384.
Watering place at Albermarle Island. p. 385. General remarks upon the
Gallipagos Islands. p. 387. Chapt. XXI. Passage to the Sandwich Islands.
Owhyhee, description of. p. 388. Tamahammaha, king of the Sandwich Islands.
p. 389. Mowee described. p. 390. Woahoo anchoring place. p. 391. Alexander
Stewart, the king’s natural son, taken away with me. p. 392. Difficulty
caused by Stewart’s mother. p. 393. Small pox, inoculation with after
arriving at Canton. Kine pock. p. 394. Alexander Stewart goes on board
an English ship. The boy named Bill, some mention of. p. 395. George McClay,
character of. p. 396. General remarks on the Sandwich Islands. p. 400
Captain John Kendrick. Japanese found at Woahoo, taken up at sea, by captain
Sole. p. 401. Narrative of the Japanese. p. 403. Latitude and longitude
of some of the Sandwich Islands. p. 404. Chapt. XXII. Passage to Canton.
Directions for sailing through between the Ladrone Islands. p. 405. Entering
the Straits of Formosa. p. 406. Latitude and longitude, and bearings of
the straits of Formosa, and Vela-rete rocks. p. 407. Directions for sailing
into Canton Bay. Grand Loma Island. p. 408. Island of Lintow. Necessary
to report at Macao and obtain an pilot and permit, before a ship can go
up to Canton. p. 409. Directions in going up to Canton and manner of doing
business. p. 411. Dutch supercargoes. Japanese, how disposed of at Canton.
Some remarks upon Japan, their manners, laws, and customs. p. 412. Instance
of a fisherman raising captain Stewart’s ship at Nangasaqui. p. 414.
Sailing from Canton. Directions for making a passage from Canton to the
United States. p. 417. The Keeling or Coco Islands, described. p. 418.
Directions in doubling the Cape of Good Hope. p. 419. Necessary to go
to the eastward of Bermuda, in making a port east of New York. p. 420.
Chapt. XXII. Remarks upon fitting out and preparing for a voyage to the
south Sea and North West Coast of America. p. 421. Reflections on leaving
America on this voyage. p. 423. Danish schooner Experiment, from Africa,
spoken. p. 424. Island of Trinidad described. p. 425. Remarks upon the
islands of Tristian de Cunha. p. 427. Directions for a passage to the
eastward of Van Dieman’s Land. p. 428. King’s Island described.
p. 430. Cape Barren. Kent’s Bay. Banks’s Straits. p. 431. Clark’s
and Preservation Islands. p. 433. Sea lion and Penguin Islands. Sloop
Rock. Latitude and Longitude of Kent’s Bay. p. 434. The Sisters.
Flinder’s Island. Storm Bay passage. p. 435. Harbour in Bass’s
Straits. p. 437. Derwent River. p. 438. Frederick Henry Bay. p. 439. Settlement
at the Derwent River. p. 441. Kanguroo, and other animals, birds and fish,
description of. p. 442. Swans. Remarkable instance of sagacity in a Swan.
p. 445. Interview with the natives of Van Dieman’s Land. p. 446.
Captain Cook’s account of these natives. p. 448. Settlement of New
South Wales by the English. p. 451. Description of the birds, quadrupeds,
&c. of New South Wales. p. 460. Chapt. XXIV. Transactions at New Holland,
Van Dieman’s Land, and Bass’s Straits. p. 461. Letter to the
Governor of New South Wales. p. 464. Affray with the convict cast of men,
headed by Morrill. p. 465. Return of the Pilgrim from Sydney. p. 466.
Remarkable escape from drowning. p. 472. Departure from Bass’s Straits.
Description of the snares. p. 474. Bounty Islands, description of. p.
476. Passage across the South Pacific Ocean. p. 477. Description of a
bay on the coast of Peru. p. 479. Arica, description of. p. 481. Blow-hole
Bay. p. 482. The bay and port of Pisco. p. 486. Chapt. XXV. Description
of Callao, the port and citadel of Lima. p. 487. Account of old Callao.
p. 488. Road from Callao to Lima. p. 489. Remarks upon earthquakes. p.
490. City of Lima, description of. p. 493. Vice Roy of Lima. p. 495. The
Inquisition, some account of. p. 496. Trial and punishment of a woman
for heresy. p. 497. Particular description of the Inquisition. p. 498.
Mint at Lima, description of. p. 503. Description of the Churches in Lima.
p. 506. Situation, trade, and productions of Lima. p. 510. Remarks on
prisoners at Lima. p. 511. General remarks on the kingdom of Peru. p.
518. Number of inhabitants in Lima. p. 519. Colleges. Meteorological statement,
&c. p. 521. Inhabitants of the kingdom of Peru. p. 524. Chapt. XXVI.
Departure from Lima. Description of the Lobos Islands. p. 528. Town of
Paita. Gulph and town of Guayaquil. Point Helena. Tow and river Tumbez.
p. 529. Departure from the coast of Peru. Description of Wake’s Island
and rocks. p. 530. Passage to Canton. Remarks upon the Chinese empire.
p. 532. Marriages among the Chinese. p. 533. Marriage ceremonies among
the Hindoos. p. 534. Funerals of the Chinese and places of interment of
the dead. p. 535. Lord Macartney’s embassy to China. p. 536. Dutch
embassy to China, description of. p. 540. Foreign women not allowed to
enter the Chinese empire. p. 541. Custom of Chinese women having small
feet. p. 543. Chapt. XXVII. Departure from Canton. p. 544. Some particulars
and description of the Cape of Good Hope. p. 545. Customs and manners
of the inhabitants. p. 548. Method of travelling. Lion’s Rump. p.
550. Hottentots. Caffres. Bosgessmen. p. 556. Animals, productions, and
curiosities of the cape. p. 558. Passage across the south Atlantic Ocean
and arrival at Boston. p. 561. Chapt. XXVIII. Remarks upon embargoes and
other commercial restrictions. p. 562. Voyage to the Island of St. Bartholomews.
p. 565. The Perseverance seized by the government there. p. 566. Makes
her escape and runs out by the batteries. p. 570. Description of the manner
of effecting the enterprize. p. 571. Passage home. p. 572. Hurricane.
p. 577. Biographical sketch, written by a friend. p. 599. Plats. Errata.
ILLUSTRATIONS: Engraved plates: Opposite
p. 1. Portrait of the author. Opposite p. 59. Abba Thulle, King of the
Pelew Island, taken 1791, Wightman Sc. Opposite p. 135. A chart and views
of Pitcairn’s Island, Wightman Sc.
BINDING: Brown leather binding, red leather
label on spine.
NOTES: “One of the major printed accounts
of world voyages for its time, and the sourcebook for Melville’s
Benito Cerino. Delano recounts his travels between 1790 and 1810, encompassing
visits to the Palau, Hawaiian and Galapagos islands; Manila, Canton and
Macao; New Guinea, Australia and the East Indies; and Chile and Peru.
Includes detailed accounts of whaling and seal hunting, observations of
the inhabitants indigenous to his stopping points, etc.” — William
Reese catalogue no. 152
REFERENCES: Howes D233; Sabin 19349; Shaw
& Shoemaker 40635; Hill, p. 83; Riche II: 92-3; Forbes Hawaii 463.
PROVENANCE: Abram. L. French. Purchased
from William Reese Co., October 31, 1994.
KEYWORDS: 1. Voyages around the world.
LOCATION: G440.D32 1817
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