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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 .
Three Sisters (Russian: Три сeстры́, romanized: Tri sestry) is a play by the Russian author and playwright Anton Chekhov. It was written in 1900 and first performed in 1901 at the Moscow Art Theatre .
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.
Three Sisters sailed for Bengal on 30 August 1795. [2] On 3 November she was reported at on her way to St Helena. [3] At the time the EIC had a monopoly on trade between Great Britain and India or China. It is not clear why Three Sisters had EIC approval for the voyage. She is not among the vessels on the list of vessels that the EIC had ...
Chart of New Zealand explored 1769 and 1770 by Lieut. James Cook, commander of his majesty's barque Endeavour. This is a list of New Zealand places named by James Cook.Cook was the first European navigator to circumnavigate and chart the archipelago.
Tri sestry (Three Sisters) is a 1998 opera by Péter Eötvös to a Russian libretto by Eötvös and Claus H. Henneberg based on Anton Chekhov's play Three Sisters. It was the composer's first large-scale opera. The premiere at the Opéra National de Lyon, directed by Ushio Amagatsu, was conducted by Kent Nagano, who had commissioned the work.
Two Sisters was possibly built in the United States, or taken in 1798 as a prize of unknown origin. She became a slave ship sailing out of Liverpool. She made two complete voyages in the triangular trade in enslaved people. She was condemned at Kingston in 1802 after she had delivered her captives on her third voyage transporting enslaved people.
The Three Wishes, or the Man Who Longed to see the Night of Power; The Stolen Necklace (597) The Two Pigeons; Prince Behram and the Princess Al-Datma (598) The House With the Belvedere (599–602) The King's Son and the Ifrit's Mistress (603) The Sandal-Wood Merchant and the Sharpers (604–605) The Debauchee and the Three-Year-Old Child