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

130. Captain Cook's possession ceremony

Possession Bay - South Georgia
Title
Captain Cook's possession ceremony
Short description
Georg Forster describes Captain Cook's ceremony of taking possession. On this occasion, several muskets were fired to the surprise of all the animals on the shore.
Text on source
A volley of two or three muskets was fired into the air, to give greater weight to this assertion; and the barren rocks re-echoed with the sound, to the utter amazement of the seals and pinguins, the inhabitants of these newly discovered dominions.
English translation
Folios/Pages
p. 529
Date
1775 01 17
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
Actor
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Participants
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Cook, James participated as Actor
Place
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Sounds
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How to quote
Fabbrocino A. P., "Captain Cook's possession ceremony" (Event description), Echos. Sound Ecosystems in Travelogues. Published 2024 04 08.

doi: 10.25430/echos.travels.76

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