Ship's Surgeon R. Guthrie's Account of a Calling at Rapanui aboard H.M.S. "Seringapatam" on 6 March 1830

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dc.contributor.authorFischer, Steven R.
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-12T21:25:56Z
dc.date.available2021-11-12T21:25:56Z
dc.date.issued1994-01-01
dc.description.abstract<p>By 1830 Rapanui had been visited by several exploratory and merchant vessels and by an unknown number of whalers.' Of these doubtless scores of visits, only few accounts have survived. The calling at Rapanui on 6 March 1830 of the British forty-six-gun man-of-war H.M.S. <em>Seringapatam</em> under the command of Captain Willliam Waldcgrave is exceptional, for two reasons. First, the <em>Seringapatam</em> certainly was the largest vessel that had yet fetched up off Rapanui, an event which would have left an indelible impression on the Rapanui people. Second, there exist three eyewitness accounts of this calling.</p>
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10524/64167
dc.subjectRapa Nui
dc.subjectEaster Island
dc.subjectRapanui
dc.subjectSeringapatam
dc.titleShip's Surgeon R. Guthrie's Account of a Calling at Rapanui aboard H.M.S. "Seringapatam" on 6 March 1830
dc.title.alternativeCalling at Rapanui aboard H.M.S. "Seringapatam" on 6 March 1830
dc.typeResearch report
dc.type.dcmiText
prism.number3
prism.volume8

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