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.2) / Georg Forster
Travel of Georg Forster

103. Voices from the woods

Tanna - Vanuatu
Title
Voices from the woods
Short description
Georg Forster tells of some voices they heard during one of their excursions. They didn't see the people from whom these voices came.
Text on source
At the end of the plain we observed a long, and spacious valley, from whence we saw a great number of smokes rising, and heard the promiscuous voices of many men, women, and children. We stood in a path, on both sides of which were thick shrubberies; and the vale itself was so full of groves, that we neither saw the people, whose voices we heard, nor any of their dwellings.
English translation
Folios/Pages
pp. 294-295
Date
1774 08 10
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
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Cook, James
Travel fellow
Narrator
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Participants
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Cook, James participated as Travel fellow
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Sounds
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How to quote
Fabbrocino A. P., "Voices from the woods" (Event description), Echos. Sound Ecosystems in Travelogues. Published 2024 04 05.

doi: 10.25430/echos.travels.76

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