A Voyage Round The World, in His Britannic Majesty’s Sloop, Resolution, commanded by capt. James Cook, during the years 1772, 3, 4, and 5 by Georg Forster, F. R. S. in two volumes (vol.1) / Georg Forster
Travel of Georg Forster

4. Water running through the night

Somewhere in the Southern Atlantic Ocean
Title
Water running through the night
Short description
Georg Forster reports a dramatic moment experienced by the crew during the night of 29 November 1772 when the cabins began to be flooded with water.
Text on source
A petty officer in the forepart of the vessel, awaking suddenly, heard a noise of water streaming through his birth, and breaking itself against his own and his mess-mates chefts; he leaped out of his bed, and found himself to the middle of the leg in water
English translation
Folios/Pages
p. 89
Date
1772 11 29 circa
Observations on the events description
The reported facts refer to the night of 29 November 1772.
The dots on the map indicate the places where sound and music events were described. They don't represent travel stages.
Participants
No other participants in this event description.
Narrator
1
Place
1
Sounds
1
How to quote
Fabbrocino A. P., "Water running through the night" (Event description), Echos. Sound Ecosystems in Travelogues. Published 2024 03 06.

doi: 10.25430/echos.travels.76

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