book chapter

A journal of a voyage made in His Majesty's sloop RESOLUTION May 16th 1777

. the voyage of the resolution and discovery, 1776-1780 (2) • Published In 1967 • Pages: 860-966

By: Anderson, William.

Abstract
This source is the journal of the surgeon aboard the RESOLUTION, one of the ships of Captain James Cook. The journal covers approximately two months in 1777 spent at Tonga, principally at the islands of Tongatapu, Nomuka, and Eua. Anderson seems to have been a very careful and accurate observer. In addition to the accounts of daily activities, there are quite detailed observations on a number of topics, such as geography, flora, fauna, physical anthropology, diseases, dress, domestic life, architecture, canoes, material culture, food, relationships between the sexes, funeral customs, religion, political structure, international relations, and language.
Subjects
Diet
External trade
Athletic sports
Music
Dance
Districts
Chief executive
Executive household
External relations
culture
Tongans
HRAF PubDate
2006
Region
Oceania
Sub Region
Polynesia
Document Type
book chapter
Evaluation
Creator Types
Physician
Explorer
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Marlene Martin; 1978
Field Date
1777
Coverage Date
1777
Coverage Place
Islands of Tongatapu, Nomuka, and Eua, Tonga
Notes
William Anderson
Although this document is concerned with the period before 1800, the subject HISTORY (175) was not used in the indexing
Includes bibliographical references
LCCN
56006658
LCSH
Tongans