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AMERICAN JOURNEYS COLLECTION
A Voyage Round the World; But More Particularly to the North-West Coast of America; Performed in 1785, 1787, and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon
DOCUMENT No. AJ-089
WISCONSIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY
DIGITAL LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES
I I www.americanjourneys.org I www.wisconsinhistory.org I I
© Wisconsin Historical Society 2003
Object Description
| Document Number | AJ-089 |
| Document URL | http://www.americanjourneys.org/aj-089/ |
| Document Title | A Voyage Round the World; But More Particularly to the North-West Coast of America; Performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon |
| Author | Portlock, Nathaniel, 1748?-1817 |
| Document Source | Portlock, Nathaniel. A Voyage Round the World; But More Particularly to the North-West Coast of America; Performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon. Embellished with Twenty Copper-Plates. Dedicated, by Permission, to His Majesty. By Captain Nathaniel Portlock. (London: Printed for John Stockdale; and George Goulding, 1789). |
| Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Electronic Publication Date | 2003 |
| Print / Download PDF Version | http://www.americanjourneys.org/aj-089/print/ |
| Read Background | http://www.americanjourneys.org/aj-089/summary/ |
| Genre | travel narrative; legal document; interview; letter; |
| Language | English |
| Region / Country | Northwest & Hawaii; |
| State / Province | Hawaii; Alaska; |
| Event Date | 1785-1788 |
| Expedition / Settlement | Portlock and Dixon Expedition, 1785-1788 |
| Ethnicity | English; Indian; Russian; |
| Key Persons & Places | James Cook; Maui; Oahu; Queen Charlotte's Bay; Atooi; Montague Island; Cape Hinchinbrook; Prince William's Sound; Waikiki; Kodiak; Mount Edgecumbe; |
| Encounters | contact / meeting; arrival / landing; sighting; |
| Social Relations | Indian-white relations; white attitudes; communication; language; crime; |
| Life Stages | death; |
| Daily Life | food & water; worklife; health & illness; alcohol & tobacco; clothing; jewelry & adornment; tools & implements; housing & furnishings; |
| Art | music; |
| Religion & Beliefs | Indian practices; |
| Politics | international relations; governance & laws; resistance & revolt; diplomacy & treaties; |
| Economics | trade & barter; fur trade; commerce; agriculture; hunting; fishing; |
| Science & Technology | navigation; geography; meteorology; cartography; |
| Topography | islands; harbors; mountains; |
| Climate | winds; storms; rain; |
| Plants | trees; fruits; |
| Animals | birds; fish & marine life; mammals; |
| Digital Format | xml |
| Digital Identifier | AJ-089 |
| Copyright & Access | © Copyright 2003 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin). For further information see http://www.americanjourneys.org/rights/ |
Description
| Document Number | AJ-089 |
| Document URL | http://www.americanjourneys.org/aj-089/ |
| Document Title | A Voyage Round the World; But More Particularly to the North-West Coast of America; Performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon |
| Author | Portlock, Nathaniel, 1748?-1817 |
| Document Page | document cover page |
| Document Source | Portlock, Nathaniel. A Voyage Round the World; But More Particularly to the North-West Coast of America; Performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon. Embellished with Twenty Copper-Plates. Dedicated, by Permission, to His Majesty. By Captain Nathaniel Portlock. (London: Printed for John Stockdale; and George Goulding, 1789). |
| Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Electronic Publication Date | 2003 |
| Print / Download PDF Version | http://www.americanjourneys.org/aj-089/print/ |
| Read Background | http://www.americanjourneys.org/aj-089/summary/ |
| Genre | travel narrative; |
| Page Type | document cover page; |
| Language | English |
| Region / Country | Northwest & Hawaii; |
| Event Date | 1785 1788 1786 1787 |
| Expedition / Settlement | Portlock and Dixon Expedition, 1785-1788 |
| Digital Format | jpeg |
| Digital Identifier | AJ-089-0000 |
| Copyright & Access | © Copyright 2003 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin). For further information see http://www.americanjourneys.org/rights/ |
| Full Text |
AMERICAN JOURNEYS COLLECTION A Voyage Round the World; But More Particularly to the North-West Coast of America; Performed in 1785, 1787, and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon DOCUMENT No. AJ-089 WISCONSIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY DIGITAL LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES I I www.americanjourneys.org I www.wisconsinhistory.org I I © Wisconsin Historical Society 2003 |