The Paffage through the Streight of Magellan, with fome further Account of the Patagonians, and a Defcription of the Coaft on each A particular Account of the Places in which we anchored during our Paffage through the Streight, and of the Shoals and Rocks that The Paffage from the Streight of Magellan, to King George the Third's Iland, called Otaheite, in the South Sea, with an Account of the Difcovery of feveral other Islands, and a Defcription of their In- An Account of the Discovery of King George the Third's Island, or Otaheite, and of feveral Incidents which happened both on board The Sick fent on Shore, and a regular Trade eftablished with the Na- tives; fome Account of their Character and Manners, of their Vifits on board the Ship, and a Variety of Incidents that happened during. An Account of an Expedition to discover the inland Part of the Coun- try, and our other Tranfactions, till we quitted the land to con- CHA P. X. Some Account of the prefent State of the Island of Tinian, and our Em- ployment there; with what happened in the Run from thence to An Account of our Transactions at the Cape of Good Hope, and of the Return of the Dolphin to England. ATABLE of the LATITUDES and LONGITUDES Weft of LONDON, with the Variation of the Needle at feveral Ports, and Situations at Sea, from Observations made on board his Majefy's Ship the DOLPHIN; and her Nautical Reckoning during the Voyage which •She made round the World in the Years 1766, 1767, 1768, under CAPTAIN CARTERET'S VOYAGE. CHAP. I. The Run from Plymouth to Madeira, and from thence through the Streight of Magellan. CHA P. II. 305 The Paffage from Cape Pillar, at the Western Entrance of the Streight of Magellan, to Mafafuero; with fome Account of that Ifland. 317 CHA P. III. The Paffage from Mafafuero to Queen Charlotte's Islands; feveral Miftakes corrected concerning Davis's Land, and an Account of fome Small Islands, fuppofed to be the fame that were feen by Quiros. CHA P. IV. 337 An Account of the Discovery of Queen Charlotte's Islands, with a Defcription of them and their Inhabitants, and of what happened at Egmont land. CHA P. V. 348 Departure from Egmont Ifland, and Paffage to Nova Britannia; with Defcription of feveral other Islands, and their Inhabitants. 364 CHAP. VI. Difcovery of a Streight dividing the Land called Nova Britannia into two Islands, with a Defcription of feveral fmall Islands that lie in the Paffage, and the Land on each fide, with the Inhabitants. CHAP. VII. 375 The Paffage from Saint George's Channel to the Ifland of Mindanao, with an Account of many Islands that were feen, and Incidents that happened by the Way. 3 2 382 CHA P. CHAP. VIII. Some Account of the Coaft of Mindanao, and the Islands near it, in which feveral Miftakes of Dampier are corrected. CHAP. IX. 391 The Paffage from Mindanao to the Island of Celebes, with a particular Account of the Streight of Macaffar, in which many Errors are corrected. СНАР. Х. Tranfactions off Macaffar, and the Paffage thence to Bonthain. CHA P. XI. 402 410 Tranfactions at Bonthain, while the Veffel was waiting for a Wind to carry her to Batavia, with fome Account of the Place, the Town of Macaffar, and the adjacent Country. CHA P. XII. 418 Paffage from Bonthain Bay, in the Island of Celebes, to Batavia : Tranfactions there, and the Voyage round the Cape of Good Hope to England. 429 ATABLE of the VARIATION of the COMPASS, as obferved on board of the SWALLOw, in her Voyage round the Globe, in the Years, 1766, 1767, 1768, and 1769. 449, GENERAL GENERAL INTRODUCTION. IS Majefty, foon after his acceffion to the crown, formed a defign of fending out veffels for making discoveries of countries hitherto unknown, and in the year 1764, the kingdom being then in a state of profound peace, he proceeded to put it into execution. The Dolphin and the Tamar were dispatched under the command of Commodore Byron, and the best account of his Majesty's motives and defign that can be given, will be found in the following preamble to Commodore Byron's inftructions, which are dated the 17th of June in that year. "Whereas nothing can redound more to the honour of "this nation, as a maritime power, to the dignity of the "Crown of Great Britain, and to the advancement of the "trade and navigation thereof, than to make discoveries of "countries hitherto unknown; and whereas there is reafon "to believe that lands and iflands of great extent, hitherto "unvifited by any European power, may be found in the Atlantic Ocean, between the Cape of Good Hope and the Magellanic Streight, within the latitudes convenient for navigation, and in climates adapted to the produce of com"moditics ufeful in commerce; and whereas his Majefty's "iflands called Pepys' Ifland, and Falkland's Iflands, lying "within the faid tract, notwithflanding their having been "first discovered and vifited by British navigators, have "never yet been fo fufficiently furveyed as that an accurate judgment may be formed of their coafts and product; his Majefty 66 66 |