Travel of Georg Forster
Anchor Island - New Zealand
Title
Petrels sounds
Short description
Georg Forster reports the variety of petrels' sounds heard by his father, Johann Reinold, and Captain Cook, at Anchor Island.
Text on source
They now heard a great variety of confused sounds coming from the sides of the hill, some very acute, others like the croaking of frogs, which were made by these petrels. At other times we have found innumerable holes on the top of one of the Seal Islands, and heard the young petrels making a noise in them; but as the holes communicated with each other it was impossible to come at one of them.
English translation
Folios/Pages
p. 153
Date
1773 04 13
Observations on the events description
The dots on the map indicate the places where sound and music events were described. They don't represent travel stages.
Participants
Name
Role
Notes
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Cook, James
Travel fellow
Forster, Johann Reinold
Travel fellow
Participants
How to quote
Fabbrocino A. P., "Petrels sounds" (Event description), Echos. Sound Ecosystems in Travelogues. Published 2024 03 08.
doi: 10.25430/echos.travels.76
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