Name: A Voyage to new Guinea and the Moluccas, From Balambangan (Cambridge Library Collection - Maritime Exploration) (en Inglés)
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Author: Forrest, Thomas
ISBN: 9781108082846

portada A Voyage to new Guinea and the Moluccas, From Balambangan (Cambridge Library Collection - Maritime Exploration) (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Thomas Forrest

Editorial

Cambridge University Press

Año

2018

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

482

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

21.6 x 14.0 x 2.7 cm

Peso

0.61 kg.

ISBN13

9781108082846

Categorías

Asia suroriental
Siglo xvii - c. 1700-c. 1799
Historia general y del mundo
Historia de asia
Geografía histórica

A Voyage to new Guinea and the Moluccas, From Balambangan (Cambridge Library Collection - Maritime Exploration) (en Inglés)

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Reseña del libro "A Voyage to new Guinea and the Moluccas, From Balambangan (Cambridge Library Collection - Maritime Exploration) (en Inglés)"

In 1770, Thomas Forrest (c.1729-c.1802) was involved in establishing a new free port at Balambangan, Malaysia, which would improve the British East India Company's trade routes eastwards. In 1774 he agreed to lead an expedition on the Company's behalf to find out more about the waters between Malaysia and New Guinea. This 1779 publication (reissued in the Dublin edition) tells the story of Forrest's fifteen-month voyage in a small local vessel crewed by Malaysians, exploring the archipelago between the Philippines and present-day Indonesia. A French translation appeared in 1780, and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt referred to the book fifty years later. Forrest describes the islands, their populations, and their vegetation, including different spices. He discusses relations between local rulers, and the rivalries between the British and the Dutch, particularly as regards control of the spice trade. The book also contains a substantial vocabulary of the Maguindanao language.