Voyage round the world during the years 1790, 1791, and 1792, chapter 1

Author:

Fleurieu, C. P. Claret

Title:

Voyage round the world during the years 1790, 1791, and 1792, chapter 1

Periodical:

Voyage round the world, performed during the years 1790, 1791, and 1792, by Etienne Marchand : preceded by a historical introduction, and illustrated by charts, etc.

Year:

1801

Pages:

p. 14-36

Subject:

Voyages around the world Hawaii history Mauna Kea history Mauna Loa

Summary:

Marchand discusses the possibility of an early discovery of the island of Hawaii in 1568 by the Spanish explorer Alvaro de Mendana de Neira. "La Mesa," on Mendena's charts, may have been the island of Hawaii, so named because of the mesa-like appearance of Mauna Loa. He estimates [erroneously] heights of Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea.

URL:

http://archive.org/details/cihm_37547

Collection:

Monographs