An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and Successively Performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour: Drawn Up from the Journals which Were Kept by the Several Commanders, and from the Papers of Joseph Banks, Esq, Band 2W. Strahan and T. Cadell in the Strand, 1773 First edition of the narrative of Cook's first voyage. Volume I contains accounts of the voyages of Byron, Carteret and Wallis, including the discovery of Tahiti; volumes II and III contain Hawkesworth's edited account of Captain [then Lieutenant] Cook's voyage. Cook had been commissioned to observe the transit of Venus from Tahiti and to carry on John Byron's survey and exploration of the seas between Cape Horn and New Holland, and he added more than 5000 miles of coastline to Admiralty charts for Tahiti, Australia and the Great Barrier Reff and New Zealand which he circumnavigated. |
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... and Confequences of the Theft : A visit to Tootabah : Defcription of a Wrestling - match : European Seeds fown : Names given to our People by the Indians . III CHA P .. CHA P. XII . Some Ladies vifit the Fort with CONTENTS .
... and Confequences of the Theft : A visit to Tootabah : Defcription of a Wrestling - match : European Seeds fown : Names given to our People by the Indians . III CHA P .. CHA P. XII . Some Ladies vifit the Fort with CONTENTS .
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... Some Ladies vifit the Fort with very uncommon Ceremonies : The Indians attend Divine Service , and in the Evening exhibit a moft ex- traordinary Spectacle : Toubourai Tamaide falls into Temptation . 124 CHAP . XIII . Another Vifit to ...
... Some Ladies vifit the Fort with very uncommon Ceremonies : The Indians attend Divine Service , and in the Evening exhibit a moft ex- traordinary Spectacle : Toubourai Tamaide falls into Temptation . 124 CHAP . XIII . Another Vifit to ...
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... the Inhabitants . CHA P. IV . 323 The Range from Mercury Bay to the Bay of Islands : An Expedition up the River Thames : Some Account of the Indians who inhabit its Banks , and the fine Timber that grows there 5 its CONTENTS .
... the Inhabitants . CHA P. IV . 323 The Range from Mercury Bay to the Bay of Islands : An Expedition up the River Thames : Some Account of the Indians who inhabit its Banks , and the fine Timber that grows there 5 its CONTENTS .
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... Some of the convents are in a better taste , efpecially that of the Francifcans , which is plain , fimple , and neat in the highest degree . The infirmary in particular drew our attention as a model which might be adopted in other ...
... Some of the convents are in a better taste , efpecially that of the Francifcans , which is plain , fimple , and neat in the highest degree . The infirmary in particular drew our attention as a model which might be adopted in other ...
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... some doubt whether he is not mistaken with respect to its decrease : we found that the North point of the dipping needle belonging to the Royal Society dipped 77 ° 18 ′′ . The refreshments to be had here , are water , wine , fruit of ...
... some doubt whether he is not mistaken with respect to its decrease : we found that the North point of the dipping needle belonging to the Royal Society dipped 77 ° 18 ′′ . The refreshments to be had here , are water , wine , fruit of ...
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An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty ... John Byron,Cook,John Hawkesworth Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2018 |
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