Excerpt from Commodore Sir John Hayes: His Voyage and Life (1767-1831); With Some Account of Admiral D'entrecasteaux's Voyage of 1792-3
My purpose in writing this book is to endeavour to record the discoveries and to trace the career of Commodore Sir John Hayes, of the Bombay Marine. Apart from his maritime and geographical explorations, I would like to draw attention in this volume to the important part that he once took in Indian affairs. His long residence of nearly fifty years in the East, during many of which he held high administrative posts, enabled him to acquire a wide knowledge of the country and, its inhabitants, which to the day of his death was at the disposal of the governing authorities. It is hardly possible to sum up briefly the many services rendered by him on land and sea in the building up of the vast Indian Empire of to-day, but he must be credited with a valuable share in that work.
The story narrated has been compiled from Ms. letters, family records, official notices, and newspapers of the period. My grateful thanks are due to the Editors of the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, Empire Review, and Tasmanian Mail, for permission to use material which was published by me in their columns.
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