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Redburn: His First Voyage [1] is the fourth book by the American writer Herman Melville, first published in London in 1849. The book is semi-autobiographical and recounts the adventures of a refined youth among coarse and brutal sailors and the seedier areas of Liverpool. Melville wrote Redburn in less than ten weeks.
The route of Cook's first voyage Later state of map originally published 1748. Revised to show the discoveries of Cook's first voyage (1768-1771) and discoveries in Bering Strait. The first voyage of James Cook was a combined Royal Navy and Royal Society expedition to the south Pacific Ocean aboard HMS Endeavour, from 1768 to 1771.
[3] 1844 "A Tale of the Ragged Mountains" Edgar Allan Poe: In the short story the protagonist, Bedloe, claims to have been transported back to Benares in the 1780s. [4] 1881 "The Clock that Went Backward" Edward Page Mitchell: A clock takes people back in time. The first story to use a machine for time travel. [5] 1887 El Anacronópete: Enrique ...
Juan Niño, the oldest of the brothers, [7] was master and owner of the caravel La Niña on Columbus's first voyage. [3] Upon their return, he accompanied Columbus to Barcelona [8] after staying several days at home in Moguer. He was also on the crew of the second and third voyages of Columbus. With his brother Pedro Alonso he traveled to the ...
Brothers, of 169 24 ⁄ 94 tons and six 3-pounder guns, served the Royal Navy as a hired armed vessel between 12 April 1793 and 20 September 1797. [1] Brothers, of 256 tons, was a whaler that operated out of Nantucket. Between 1801 and about 1823 she made 10–11 whaling voyages.
Captain James Cook FRS (7 November [O.S. 27 October] 1728 – 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, cartographer and naval officer famous for his three voyages between 1768 and 1779 in the Pacific Ocean and to New Zealand and Australia in particular.
In the Imperial China of the Qing dynasty, there are five brothers who "all looked exactly alike."They each possess a special talent: the first brother can swallow the sea, the second has an unbreakable iron neck, the third can stretch his legs to incredible lengths, the fourth is immune to burning, and the fifth can hold his breath forever.
A letter written by Christopher Columbus on February 15, 1493, is the first known document announcing the completion of his first voyage across the Atlantic, which set out in 1492 and reached the Americas. The letter was ostensibly written by Columbus himself, aboard the caravel Niña, on the return leg of his voyage. [2]