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A Voyage Round the World, from 1806 to 1812 / In Which Japan, Kamschatka, the Aleutian islands, and the Sandwich Islands were Visited; Including a Narrative of the Author's Shipwreck on the Island of Sannack, and His Subsequent Wreck in the Ship's Long-Boat; with an Account of the Present State of the Sandwich Islands, and a Vocabulary of Their Language. cover

A Voyage Round the World, from 1806 to 1812 / In Which Japan, Kamschatka, the Aleutian islands, and the Sandwich Islands were Visited; Including a Narrative of the Author's Shipwreck on the Island of Sannack, and His Subsequent Wreck in the Ship's Long-Boat; with an Account of the Present State of the Sandwich Islands, and a Vocabulary of Their Language.

Chapter 22: Transcriber's Note
By Archibald Campbell
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About This Book

A first-person account of a global maritime voyage that records passages to East Asia, Kamschatka, the Aleutian chain, and the Hawaiian Islands, combining travel reportage with a dramatic shipwreck on Sannack and subsequent long-boat survival, severe injuries and amputation, encounters with Russian settlements and indigenous communities, an extended residence among Hawaiian chiefs with practical observations of governance, religion, social life, agriculture, and language, and later southern crossings with ports of call; includes a chart and a vocabulary intended to aid future visitors.

Transcriber's Note

The text includes archaic and inconsistent punctuation and spellings, which have been left as printed except as follows.

The following apparent errors have been corrected:

  • p. 2 "os learning" changed to "of learning"
  • p. 3 "5819" changed to "1819"
  • p. 3 "Treasurer Benevolent Lodge" changed to "Treasurer Benevolent Lodge."
  • p. 3 "Jun. P. M" changed to "Jun. P. M."
  • p. 3 "St. John’s No. 9, late No. 6" changed to "St. John’s No. 9, late No. 6."
  • p. 3 "Phœnix Lodge No. 40, late No. 11" changed to "Phœnix Lodge No. 40, late No. 11."
  • p. 3 "WEBSTER, W M." changed to "WEBSTER, W. M."
  • p. 3 "St. John’s, No. 9, late No 6." changed to "St. John’s, No. 9, late No. 6."
  • p. 5 "by the long boat" changed to "by the long-boat"
  • p. 8 "No. I" changed to "No. I."
  • p. 12 (note) "Ocean." changed to "Ocean.”"
  • p. 14 "another hand" changed to "another hand."
  • p. 16 "15 days," changed to "15 days."
  • p. 26 "written" changed to "written."
  • p. 29 (note) "page 29" changed to "page 29."
  • p. 84 (note) "ts was" changed to "it was"
  • p. 84 (note) "America." changed to "America.”"
  • p. 84 (note) "p. 317" changed to "p. 317."
  • p. 86 (note) "mountan" changed to "mountain"
  • p. 87 (note) "height of of" changed to "height of"
  • p. 100 (note) "treadles" changed to "treadles."
  • p. 111 (note) "Ii was" changed to "It was"
  • p. 111 (note) "Vidc" changed to "Vide"
  • p. 114 "isle" changed to "ilse"
  • p. 131 "separte" changed to "separate"
  • p. 171 "Country the" changed to "Country, the"
  • p. 172 "Cry to," changed to "Cry, to,"
  • p. 173 "Pat" changed to "Fat"
  • p. 178 "Maried" changed to "Married"
  • p. 185 "Ome toome akoroo" changed to "Oome toome akoroo"
  • p. 203 "pretension" changed to "pretension."
  • p. 215 "adition" changed to "addition"
  • p. 216 "scroundrels" changed to "scoundrels"
  • p. 219 "behind," changed to "behind"
  • p. 219 "Sheen" changed to "Sheen."

The following possible errors have been left as printed:

  • p. 18 stampted
  • p. 20 deemded
  • p. 116 acqueducts
  • p. 134 the whole is closed
  • p. 192 resourse
  • p. 208 detatchment