A Voyage to the South Atlantic and Round Cape Horn into the P... - 9781108048354

A Voyage to the South Atlantic and Round Cape Horn into the Pacific OceanFor the Purpose of Extending the Spermaceti Whale Fisheries, and Other Objects of Commerce\nAuthor(s): James Colnett\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108048354, 978-1108048354\nSynopsis\nBritish naval officer James Colnett [tel] served on many voyages during his career. He was a midshipman on Captain Cook's second voyage, and in 1774, he was first to sight New Caledonia, which led to Cook naming Cape Colnett after him. Later in his career, he was in command of the fur-trading expedition that resulted in the Nootka Crisis and near-war between Spain and England. In this book, first published in 1798, Colnett gives an account of the voyage he commanded to the Antarctic in 1793. The expedition's success at charting suitable places for ships to anchor was instrumental to the development of the whaling industry in the area. Thi.