The thirst for knowledge and adventure have always been at the forefront of human imagination. In this chronicle of the life of Alejandro Malaspina, an 18th-century Italian navigator in the service of Spain, John Kendrick takes us on a voyage across the Pacific via the Philippines, New Zealand, the infant British colony at Sydney cove, and the Tonga Islands.  Malaspina’s Pacific voyage of 1789 was the last and most important of his career--a five-year scientific and political examination of the Spanish colonies in the Americas and the Philippines. On his return he was commissioned to author a report--and was imprisoned when it was judged seditious. Using Malaspina’s writings, including the journal of his great voyage and his personal letters, Kendrick makes the life of this extraordinary individual available to the English reader.

Alejandro Malaspina: Portrait of a Visionary

Biographies & Memoirs

Kendrick, John

Historical

Univ of Washington Pr

<p>Malaspina arrived in Spain with a scientific background and an ardent interest in the philosophy of the Enlightenment. A skilled navigator, the Pacific voyage on which he sailed in 1789 was the last and most important of his career - a five-year scientific and political examination of the Spanish colonies in the Americas and the Philippines. He appraised the British colony at Sydney Cove and Tonga, allowing him to compare life at a place almost untouched by European contact with the situation in the colonies. Malaspina eventually returned to Spain, where he was received by King Charles IV. He was commissioned to produce a work covering all aspects of his studies that would establish Spain's reputation as a modern enlightened state. Malaspina advised the King that this could be achieved only if he dismissed all of his ministers and replaced them with a slate of Malaspina's choosing who would back his visionary ideas. This seemingly naive proposal resulted in a unanimous vote by the council that his plan was false, seditious, and injurious to the sovereignty of Their Majesties, and he was sentenced to ten years imprisonment in the fortress of San Antón. At the urging of Napoleon he was released after eight years and exiled to Italy, where he died in 1810, just as the revolts in the Americas were starting, as he had predicted. Using Malaspina's writings, including the journal of his great voyage and his personal letters, John Kendrick makes the life of this extraordinary man available for the first time in English.</p>

McGill-Queens University Press

The thirst for knowledge and adventure have always been at the forefront of human imagination. In this engrossing tale, John Kendrick takes us on a voyage across the Pacific via the Philippines, New Zealand, the infant British colony at Sydney Cove, and the Tonga Islands, chronicling the life of Alejandro Malaspina, an eighteenth-century Italian navigator in the service of Spain.Malaspina arrived in Spain with a scientific background and an ardent interest in the philosophy of the Enlightenment. A skilled navigator, his 1789 Pacific voyage was the last and most important of his career - a five-year scientific and political examination of the Spanish colonies in the Americas and the Philippines. His appraisal of the British colonies at Sydney Cove and Tonga allowed him to compare life in a place almost untouched by European contact with the situation in the colonies. Malaspina eventually returned to Spain, where he was received by King Charles IV and commissioned to produce a work covering all aspects of his studies that would establish Spain's reputation as a modern enlightened state.Malaspina advised the king that this could be achieved only if all the present ministers were dismissed and replaced with a slate of Malaspina's choosing who would back his visionary ideas. This seemingly naive proposal resulted in a unanimous vote by the council that his plan was false, seditious, and injurious to the sovereignty of Their Majesties and a sentence of ten years imprisonment in the fortress of San Anton. At Napoleon's urging he was released after eight years and exiled to Italy. He died there in 1810, just as the revolts in the Americas were starting, as he had predicted. Using Malaspina's writings, including the journal of his great voyage and his personal letters, John Kendrick makes the life of this extraordinary man available for the first time in English.

History

Americas

McGill-Queen's University Press

Men With Wooden Feet: The Spanish Exploration of the Pacific Northwest

Nc Pr

A Quest for Song

BiblioBazaar

People of the Snow: The Story of Kitimat

Univ of Toronto Pr

<p>This is the 2nd volume of Diggin' In Virginia's organized relic hunts. This book has stories and pictures from hunts XI through XX covering the period of March 2009 through March 2012</p>

Diggin' In Virginia Their Story Is OUR STORY: A Civil War Relic Hunt Volume 2 XI - XX

Literature & Fiction

Kendrick, Rose

Genre Fiction

Bowker

The Metabolic Approach to Cancer: Easy and Delicious Plant-Based Recipes for Treatment and Prevention

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Special Diet

Independently published

Diggin' In Virginia Their Story is Our Story: A Civil War Relic Hunt I - X Plus The Mini Hunt

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