Madness, Betrayal and the Lash: The Epic Voyage of Captain George Vancouver

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Overview

He led the greatest sailing voyage of all time: five years at sea, across 65,000 miles of ocean, the equivalent of twice around the world, visiting every continent and mapping tens of thousands of miles of coastline. Yet he died in disgrace, shunned and in debt. How did the hero of Nootka Sound end up the laughingstock of London society?

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Though mostly forgotten, the 1791-95 voyage of Capt. George Vancouver and his crew rivaled Columbus and Cook's for long-term impact; Vancouver's painstaking navigation through the uncharted Pacific set the path for modern North Pacific history. Bown (Scurvy, A Most Damnable Invention) provides a thorough, engaging account of a journey remarkable for its time and even more so in retrospect. Essential background information is flawed by excessive foreshadowing, but Bown's vivid account of Vancouver's work-mapping the labyrinthine coast between Northern California and southern Alaska, stopping off in Hawaii and Spanish California-proves fascinating. Plans for the voyage changed repeatedly; the end of the American Revolution, Britain's long rivalry with Spain, the pressure for new trade routes, manipulation by British politicians and fur traders, and the obsession with finding a Northwest Passage made a difficult, vague assignment nearly impossible. The last chapters read like a thriller, as Vancouver's health declines, his relations with the crew sour, and Britain and France go to war. Any fan of the Great Age of Sail, the history of the Royal Navy, or European voyages of exploration will enjoy rediscovering this almost-forgotten hero.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781553653394
  • Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre Publishing Group
  • Publication date: 5/5/2009
  • Pages: 272
  • Product dimensions: 6.30 (w) x 9.10 (h) x 1.00 (d)

Table of Contents

Prologue 1

Part 1 Science and Discovery

1 A Hero Returns 7

2 With the Master Mariner 16

3 The China Trade 33

Part 2 The Gathering Storm 4

4 In the Caribbean 51

5 The Nootka Sound Incident 62

6 Discovery and Chatham 82

Part 3 Agent of Empire

7 The Far Side of the World 101

8 The Greatest Marine Survey of All Time 121

9 A Meeting of Minds 141

10 An End and a Beginning 159

11 Hawaii, Alaska and Illness 177

Part 4 In the Most Faithful Manner

12 Powerful Enemies 201

13 Sovereignty and Fate 220

Epilogue 234

Sources 238

Selected Bibliography 242

Acknowledgements 246

Index 247

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  • Posted March 8, 2009

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    VINDICATED AFTER 200 YEARS

    Little had been written about George Vancouver until Ernie Coleman's excellent and uncomplicated biography in 2000, and Bown's new, detailed and scholarly work in 2008.

    Bown's work is a re-evaluation of Vancouver's life and work - it's excellent in every respect. And it fills an important gap in 18th century naval history and surveying in North West America.

    I live where Vancouver spent his last days in Petersham, Richmond, Surrey. We celebrate his life annually at a service in the churchyard where he is buried at St Peter's Church, Petersham. I have also visited beautiful Vancouver and the island, and travelled part of the North West coast of Northern America being married to a Vancouverite. Therefore, I have a special interest and regard for this man and the area he explored!

    Let's get a few things straight about Vancouver!

    He was an experienced sailor, having served on the last voyage of Captain Cook as a midshipman. However, Vancouver was not an experienced diplomat, but his record as Master and Captain of HMS Discovery from 1792-5 was very good for the times. Only one person died during the voyages and I can see from Bown's work that Vancouver cared for his men although he had an inexperienced crew and some malevolent officers including Sir Joseph Banks, the aristocrat Thomas Pitt, and the ship's surgeon.

    You can't do much against this sort of list!

    Vancouver's reputation was shattered and he died alone with little money on the completion of his surveys and diaries at the age of 40. Our services in Petersham over the 25 years I have attended are often sad occasions for me as I reflect on his life during the commemorations.

    Bown's book is one of the best I have read for ages about this unpleasant period of British naval history when Captain Vancouver's name and contribution were smeared ... and he vindicates him.

    It is a well researched and referenced book with many recorded stories which give light onto the problems of the times. And one gets the feeling of the period with this book brilliantly. It has 13 chapters in 4 parts plus great photographs which delve into substantial detail with a splendid list of sources and a bibliography at the back.

    Bown paints Pitt, in particular, as the baddie (rightly) with few redeeming features, and he exposes the aristocratic establishment of the time hard for their unjust behaviour towards Vancouver.

    I would probably not liked to have served under Vancouver as I can see some of the leadership problems he had to deal with - challenging behaviour from senior officers is difficult at the best of times, and I've had my fair share of them in the past.

    However, I have a tremendous regard for George Vancouver which remains strengthened by Bown's biography, ending with this tribute:

    "He accomplished great things and, as our historical and cultural ancestor, he deserves a greater place in our collective memory."

    He just got it here from Stephen Bown!

    So thank you very much Mr Bown from an admirer where Vancouver now rests.

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