Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Description: The Snellius Expedition was an oceanography expedition organized by the Dutch with emphasis on the fields of geology and oceanography in the waters of eastern Indonesia. This expedition is famous as the largest oceanological expedition ever undertaken in these waters. The expedition was conducted by the Dutch navy ship, named HNMS Willebrord Snell, named after the Dutch mathematician, Willebrord Snell. The expedition was led by Dr. P.M. van Riel and the sea voyage led by Lieutenant F. Pinke. This study took place from July 27, 1929 until 25 November 1930.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: The Snellius Expedition was an oceanography expedition organized by the Dutch with emphasis on the fields of geology and oceanography in the waters of eastern Indonesia. This…

Description: "This is one of the rarest and least-known voyages to the Pacific. Michelena y Rojas, a native of Venezuela, crossed the Pacific from Mazaltan, Mexico, in the years 1840-41, exploring the Hawaiian Island chain, describing its political history (portraits of Kamehameha III and Governor John Adams are two of the lithographed plates), traditions, and customs. From there he sailed to Tahiti, Rotuma, Australia (a fine map of Sydney in 1840 enhances this section), Vanikoro, Guam in the Marianas, the Caroline Islands, Philippines, Macao, and Singapore. A large folding map of the Pacific Ocean traces his route" (Hill). The work is divided into 3 books describing Polynesia, Australia and the East Indies. The views include Hawaii, Honolulu, Tahiti, Rotuma, Sydney, and Australian aborigines."--Sotheby's website (accessed 15/7/2016)

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: "This is one of the rarest and least-known voyages to the Pacific. Michelena y Rojas, a native of Venezuela, crossed the Pacific from Mazaltan, Mexico, in the years 1840-41,…

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Description: Photograph of a man identified as Wally Swanson, pouring liquid into beaker from glass bottle. Swanson is wearing a beret, swimming shorts and long sleeve top. He is standing next to a cliff which has measuring equipment placed on it. Ocean is visible in background.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: Photograph of a man identified as Wally Swanson, pouring liquid into beaker from glass bottle. Swanson is wearing a beret, swimming shorts and long sleeve top. He is standing…

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Description: The first published version of Rose de Freycinet's voyage journal, the only great voyage account told from a woman's point of view. This is the first edition of this celebrated journal of the Uranie voyage, kept by its famous clandestine participant, the commander's wife. Rose de Freycinet was smuggled aboard, disguised in men's clothing, before the ship left Toulon in 1817. She returned to France three years later as a heroine after a voyage which had taken her to South America, South Africa, Mauritius, West Australia, Timor, the Moluccas, New Guinea, the Carolines, Guam, Hawaii, Samoa and New South Wales. They had survived hardships ranging from an attack by Algerian pirates to their shipwreck in the Falklands, when the Uranie was wrecked in French Bay, forcing Freycinet to purchase the American ship Mercury for the return voyage to France. Rose's journal was compiled from her journal kept for a close friend, and supplemented for this publication with various letters written during the voyage to her mother. She was an acute observer, and gave an honest, first-hand account of the voyage. Other descriptions of the voyage mention her only with circumspection, as her presence on board was distinctly against the rules. Her journal was not published in this form until a century after the voyage, and it has since formed the basis of several other works (including Marnie Bassett's Realms and Islands and Phoebe Vincent's A woman of courage: The journal of Rose de Freycinet on her voyage around the world 1817-1820).--Hordern House website, retrieved June 2022.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: The first published version of Rose de Freycinet's voyage journal, the only great voyage account told from a woman's point of view. This is the first edition of this…

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Description: Voyage aux regions equinoxiales was Humboldt's longest work, published in 34 volumes over 25 years, and yet remained unfinished at his death. It documents in great detail his exploration of the New World during the years 1799 to 1804.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: Voyage aux regions equinoxiales was Humboldt's longest work, published in 34 volumes over 25 years, and yet remained unfinished at his death. It documents in great detail his…

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE