Captain Cook
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Madeira, the Cape of Good Hope, and Batavia require a descrip- tion almost as full and complete as Otaheite, New Zealand, and the coast of New Holland.
This is fortunate for us. Many things have been changed since then, especially in Batavia, where, it is hoped, they no longer punish their malefactors by im- palement, nor do their ladies flog and torture their female slaves out of jealousy. The colonial govern- ment has also, perhaps, learned a little civility and hospitality ; and one would li...ke to learn that they have cleaned up the place a little. But the account of that Dutch colony and that of Cape Town are most valuable as contemporary pictures of a kind of life now passed away. Every one who has endeavoured to recon- struct life as it was a hundred or two hundred years ago must know how extraordinarily difficult it is to find records exact and minute. Cook's, or Banks's, or Hawkesworth's notes on Batavia will always be as use- ful to one considering colonial ways in the last century as to those who study Polynesian manners, customs, language, and tradition at the moment of their discovery.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Madeira, the Cape of Good Hope, and Batavia require a descrip- tion almost as full and complete as Otaheite, New Zealand, and the coast of New Holland.
This is fortunate for us. Many things have been changed since then, especially in Batavia, where, it is hoped, they no longer punish their malefactors by im- palement, nor do their ladies flog and torture their female slaves out of jealousy. The colonial govern- ment has also, perhaps, learned a little civility and hospitality ; and one would li...ke to learn that they have cleaned up the place a little. But the account of that Dutch colony and that of Cape Town are most valuable as contemporary pictures of a kind of life now passed away. Every one who has endeavoured to recon- struct life as it was a hundred or two hundred years ago must know how extraordinarily difficult it is to find records exact and minute. Cook's, or Banks's, or Hawkesworth's notes on Batavia will always be as use- ful to one considering colonial ways in the last century as to those who study Polynesian manners, customs, language, and tradition at the moment of their discovery.
What to read after Captain Cook?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Besant Walter Sir to read onlineMoreLess
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