A Voyage Round the World, from 1806 to 1812 / In Which Japan, Kamschatka, the Aleutian islands, and the Sandwich Islands were Visited; Including a Narrative of the Author's Shipwreck on the Island of Sannack, and His Subsequent Wreck in the Ship's Long-Boat; with an Account of the Present State of the Sandwich Islands, and a Vocabulary of Their Language.
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A first-person account of a global maritime voyage that records passages to East Asia, Kamschatka, the Aleutian chain, and the Hawaiian Islands, combining travel reportage with a dramatic shipwreck on Sannack and subsequent long-boat survival, severe injuries and amputation, encounters with Russian settlements and indigenous communities, an extended residence among Hawaiian chiefs with practical observations of governance, religion, social life, agriculture, and language, and later southern crossings with ports of call; includes a chart and a vocabulary intended to aid future visitors.
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