Title
Voyage to Cochinchina, in the Years 1792 and 1793 ... To which is annexed an account of a journey made in the years 1801 and 1802, to the residence of the chief of the Booshuana nation ...
Reference Number
DS557.C72B3
Creator
Date
1806
Format
Description
A voyage to Cochinchina in the year 1792 and 1793. London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806. xviii, 1 l., 447 pp., col. plates (incl. 2 fold maps) 28x22 cm.
Barrow was also the author of Travels in Southern Africa and Travels in China. During this voyage to Cochinchina (now southern Vietnam), in which Barrow was accompanied by Sir George Thomas Staunton wrote a narrative that contains a general view of the valuable productions and the political importance of flourishing kingdoms and settlements, with sketches of the manner, character, and condition of their several inhabitants. His descriptions of several tropical fruits; mangoostan, rambootan, doorian etc., were very accurate and sometimes very funny. For example on page 186, he described what is now often referred to as the king of fruit “… a large fruit called the Doorian, whose smell is extremely disgusting, and flavour somewhat like what one might suppose the taste to be a custard seasoned with garlic …”.
Barrow was also the author of Travels in Southern Africa and Travels in China. During this voyage to Cochinchina (now southern Vietnam), in which Barrow was accompanied by Sir George Thomas Staunton wrote a narrative that contains a general view of the valuable productions and the political importance of flourishing kingdoms and settlements, with sketches of the manner, character, and condition of their several inhabitants. His descriptions of several tropical fruits; mangoostan, rambootan, doorian etc., were very accurate and sometimes very funny. For example on page 186, he described what is now often referred to as the king of fruit “… a large fruit called the Doorian, whose smell is extremely disgusting, and flavour somewhat like what one might suppose the taste to be a custard seasoned with garlic …”.
Extent (Pages, Duration, Dimensions)
447 pages
Is Part Of
Asia - Southeast Asia Collection, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Library
Page Location
63